Hung up

Matt Sitas and Aiden Loughlin
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Hung up is a Sydney-based interview podcast. We primarily talk to local artists about their processes, current projects, their influences and education. But there is a special place in our hearts for the humour, beauty and tragedy of everyday life. Full transcripts and show notes for every episode: https://hungup.com.au

  1. Oct 12

    6.18 Inherent Vice with Amelia Skelton

    In the studio this week is Amelia Skelton, 2026 recipient of the The 2026 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging). We cover her career from studying sculpture and drawing at art school and now returning to NAS as a teacher. We also talk textiles, trash, Oscar the Grouch, karaoke and the TC 2 Loom. Amelia on ig https://www.instagram.com/milskelton/ Hung up on ig https://www.instagram.com/hungup.au/

    6.18 Inherent Vice with Amelia Skelton

  2. Sep 21

    6.17 A Book of Aftermath with Neha Kale

    Episode 6.17 Show notes: Neha Kale is a widely-published writer. She works in many forms including criticism, journalism, essay and other nonfiction. For close to fifteen years, her writing on art, contemporary culture and society has appeared frequently in international and Australian publications including The Sydney Morning Herald, ArtReview, Vogue, Elephant, VICE, The Guardian, Griffith Review, Art Guide Australia, SBS, Kill Your Darlings, Gourmet Traveller, The World of Interiors, Running Dog, i-D, Wonderground, BBC and more. Mixing personal narrative with art and cultural criticism, Foreign Return explores the work of artists Dayanita Singh, Ana Mendieta, Tracey Emin, Brett Whiteley and Danie Mellor among others to investigate the myth of the suburbs, the shadows of colonial inheritance, and the changing ways we need to conceive of homes and their ownership. Word cloud  “We are living in the aftermath of so many histories” show texts, colonial contexts, the sweep of history, Dayanita Singh, experimental art writing, feelings first/embodied criticism, Australian property obsession, writing in long-hand, privacy, forgetting the audience, watching the self watch the world, Reading list: Olivia Laing; Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency, Lonely City Dayanita Singh: Dream Villa Annie Erneaux: The Years Deborah Levy Hot Milk Neha Kale; Foreign Return Follow hung up on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hungup.au/

    6.17 A Book of Aftermath with Neha Kale

  3. Sep 7

    6.16 Death and Legacy with Daniel Mudie Cunningham

    This week on the pod we have Daniel Mudie Cunningham! Daniel is the former Director of Programs at Carriageworks, and the current director of Wollongong Art Gallery. His work has been widely exhibited and collected by institutions including MoNA and Art Gallery of Western Australia. Topics we covered include: How we met Dan by eavesdropping, Matt got locked up in earlwood, family portraits at Hurstville westfield, five year plans, Aiden grapples with DEATH, Lost media, Tow truck delivery to the Tina Turner concert, Matt’s ego death, and Aiden’s free psychotherapist, and the Moby song that inspired his Funeral Songs Dan’s Links https://danmudcun.com/creation/are-you-there-the-book https://boxd.it/9JSUf

    6.16 Death and Legacy with Daniel Mudie Cunningham

  4. Aug 24

    6.15 Jason Phu talks

    Hung up is back the couch this week with Jason Phu chatting about his process, prizes, teaching art in 2026, race around the world, matt's wedding reels and negotiating business opportunities in China

    6.15 Jason Phu talks

  5. Aug 11

    6.14 Four Way Stretch with Calli Comical

    You guys, it's a the return of ⁠@calli_comical⁠ ! we talk frolicking, sebatticals, her creative process, embellishment, four way stretch, wild horses, moving to london, more from Aiden’s prison stories, burning out, and what it’s like making costumes for big stars

    6.14 Four Way Stretch with Calli Comical

  6. Jul 27

    6.13 The Or Tree with Toby Fitch

    Matt and I have been reading Toby since we lived a Marrickville warehouse in 2017. They are currently a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney for creative writing and former poetry editor at Overland Literary Magazine. Toby has published nine books of poetry including the topic of this episode Or: an Autobiography published by Upswell Publishing This week we talk: The poetic voice, gender, rupture, puns, being a parent, calligrams, when Rimbaud came to australia, images vs words, left justification, and getting scammed in the music industry Episode in bio. Follow us on IG at: @hungup.au

    6.13 The Or Tree with Toby Fitch

  7. Jul 14

    6.12 The Gum of a God with Steph Nova Milne

    We sat down with one half of Nova Milne, Steph Nova Milne, Printmaking Lecturer at National art School. What happened next may shock you. Public programming, the limits of language, video art seats, video art on ABC iView, enmeshment, Telepathic art-making, love poems, nina simone’s gum, can you step on the gum, Nabokov’s Custard Heart,  follow us on insta at @hungup.au

    6.12 The Gum of a God with Steph Nova Milne

  8. Jun 30

    6.11 I Ink Therefore I Am with @pattys_toybox

    We're back. So back, with another episode of Hung Up for you. Today's guest is @pattys_toybox Wordcloud: Job Stoppers, Getting started, tattooing your self and others with care, Inked Up the TV show, Orthodoxy, Fine lines, Hierarchies of materials, Housewives, Ren and Stimpy, Wonderful balls, and much more! Episode link in bio

    6.11 I Ink Therefore I Am with @pattys_toybox
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Hung up is a Sydney-based interview podcast. We primarily talk to local artists about their processes, current projects, their influences and education. But there is a special place in our hearts for the humour, beauty and tragedy of everyday life. Full transcripts and show notes for every episode: https://hungup.com.au

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  • Creator
    Matt Sitas and Aiden Loughlin
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    74
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Matt Sitas and Aiden Loughlin
  • Show Website
    Hung up

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