Art Smitten

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Art Smitten is SYN's weekly guide to arts, culture and entertainment in Australia and around the world. With a focus on youth and emerging arts, we're here to showcase culture ahead of the curve. From our base in Naarm/Melbourne, contributors interview, review, and cover the very best of what the world’s second-most liveable city has to offer. Whether it's film, fashion, photography or Fauvism you're into, Art Smitten is the place!

1 DAY AGO

Pepper at NCM + 'Her' (2013) film review

This episode of Art Smitten features our conversation with humanoid robot Pepper who is currently on display at the National Communication Museum in Hawthorn.Restored for their current exhibition ‘Friend’, we asked Pepper many pressing questions including if robots will take over the world… 😳😳 Jesse from NCM Studio also spoke with us about their role in robot restoration and the other machines within 'Friend'. In the second half of this episode, our wonderful Astra shares his thoughts on Spike Jonze's film 'Her' - reflecting on human loneliness and its resonance in today's AI chat-bot filled world. Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

35 min
6 DAYS AGO

Archives are Hot! with Amy Spiers + 'Love Serenade' (1996) film analysis by Tyra

Art Smitten is joined by Amy Spiers in this episode to discuss the ‘Archives Are Hot! Artists in the Archive’ program developed by Next Wave in collaboration with CAST, Saluhan and An.Other Collective. Our presenter Tyra will also be sharing a review of Love Serenade (1996) directed by Shirley Barrett 📽️ Listen in to hear our discussion on what it means to be a socially engaged artist/researcher, what CAST is doing for researchers and our thoughts on current Feminist discourse through the lens of this late 90's film. Art Smitten airs on SYN 90.7fm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

40 min
18/12/2025

Artist Interview with Aisha Hara + Review of 'French Impressionism' at the NGV

In this episode of Art Smitten, we are fortunate to be joined by artist Aisha Hara who recently had an exhibition at CAVES 🌼titled 'Green Age'.Aisha is a Japanese-Australian visual artist based in Naarm/Melbourne. She is interested in the intersections of painting and translation and her exhibition is a response to the poetics of spring as found in tanka poetry 🎐We also had a discussion about NGV's recent winter blockbuster 'French Impressionism: from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston' after our Executive Producer Jen visited the show in its final days.@aisha__hara@caves.naarm 📻 Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm @synmediaImage credit: Risograph poster for 'Green Age' by Aisha Hara See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

48 min
06/11/2025

Ayah Zakout and Ebony Maurice-Wilmott with KINGS Artist-Run

For our first episode of season 4, the team is so excited to be speaking with two of the artists featured in KINGS current exhibition program. Ayah Zakout and Ebony Maurice-Wilmott joined us to share insights about their art practices and the works featured within their exhibitions. @ayahzakout.jpeg @ebony_maurice.wilmott @kingsartistrun Season 4 of Art Smitten begins this Monday from 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm @synmedia 📻 listen on the radio, online or the Community Radio Plus app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

41 min
04/11/2025

TOYF x Art Smitten - Gemma from Food For Everyone

We are dishing up a real treat for you all 🍽️ this collaboration with our dear friends at Talk On Your Fork brings an episode focused on the intersection of food & art! To begin, Astra will be sharing their thoughts on the film ‘The Menu’ (2022) 🥣 PLUS for a real treat, we will be speaking to Gemma Leslie from @foodforeveryone.aus about her incredible project that pairs artists with chefs all to raise funds for those in need. We end with a discussion focused on the history Dutch Still Life paintings to wrap up the show. Art Smitten airs on SYN 90.7fm @synmedia on Mondays 3-5pm. Also available on the Community Radio Plus app 📲 Be sure to listen to Talk On Your Fork! Wherever you get your podcasts. Image: Charlotte Eustache Sophie de Fuligny Damas, ‘Still Life with a Vase of Flowers, Melon, Peaches, and Grapes’, 1780. Courtesy of The Met Museum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 4m
21/10/2025

Artist Interview - Nur Aishah Kenton + MIFF 2025 Film Reviews

We are joined by photographer, artist and co-founder of the Pacific Centre for Photographic Arts Aishah Kenton in this episode of Art Smitten. Listen to hear all about the workshops and programs that PCPA facilitate along with Aishah’s own photographic art practice! In the second half of the show, the team review films seen in the final weeks of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) for 2025. Movies covered include Sorry, Baby (dir. Eva Victor), Peter Hujar's Day (dir. Ira Sachs) and Urchin (dir. Harris Dickinson). Art Smitten airs on SYN 90.7fm @synmedia from 3-5pm on Mondays 🛰️ also available on the Community Radio Plus app 📲 Image: Nur Aishah Kenton, untitled (Salam)-- a self-portrait with my mother in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2024 @aishah_k @pacificphotoarts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

49 min
29/09/2025

Spring1883 - Kate Barber

Listen to our conversation with Kate Barber, cofounder of Spring1883, an art fair hosted inside the iconic Hotel Windsor on Spring Street 🏩 ! Within their own reserved room, gallerists uniquely display works by artists they represent in the unconventional hotel suites instead of the typical 'white cube' model characteristic of typical art fairs. @spring1883@synmediaListen on Art Smitten on Mondays via the Community Radio Plus app, online or tune into 90.7fm 🎧Image: Daine Singer room, 2014. Photographer: Zan Wimberley. Courtesy of Spring1883. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 min
18/09/2025

Fugitive Archives - MJ Flamiano and Catherine Ortega-Sandow

Tune in to hear an interview with Saluhan Collective collaborators MJ Flamiano and Catherine Ortega-Sandow about their current curatorial project Fugitive Archives!! 🏷️The exhibition series examines the role of artist-led, community-based, and independent archives as transformative tools for collective organising and knowledge production. The first show, Fugitive Archives: otherwise or elsewhere, seeks to draw on the tangled relationships between the archive and the artist, with a focus on artists with Filipino heritage. It is currently on display @mada_fine_art MADA Gallery until August 18th ~Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on @synmedia SYN 90.7fm 📻@s_a_l_u_h_a_n@mjflamiano@catherineortegasandowImage credit: ‘Fugitive Archives: otherwise or elsewhere’ opening event featuring works by Nice Buenaventura and Stephanie Misa, 2025, photo by Thomas McCammon @tommccammon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

24 min

Art Smitten is SYN's weekly guide to arts, culture and entertainment in Australia and around the world. With a focus on youth and emerging arts, we're here to showcase culture ahead of the curve. From our base in Naarm/Melbourne, contributors interview, review, and cover the very best of what the world’s second-most liveable city has to offer. Whether it's film, fashion, photography or Fauvism you're into, Art Smitten is the place!

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2016 - 2026
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