Visual Arts in TBI TV & Audio

To celebrate The Big Idea's visual art focus this month, NZ On Screen has selected ten clips from across our history of visual arts on screen. Painters, sculptors, photographers, public parks and controversial Te Papa exhibits all feature. Read More »

Petra Bagust grew up in Christchurch, studied fine arts at Canterbury University and waited tables before being lured into regional TV station Cry TV.

And so began a screen career during which she has hosted many of NZ’s most popular shows. Read More »

Tom Scott made his name for his portraits - both written and drawn - of politics and politicians, and for getting thrown out of the occasional press conference by Prime Minister Robert Muldoon. Scott has also had a diverse career in the screen industry.
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Director, photographer and Axemen drummer Stuart Page is a prolific filmmaker and has made more than 40 music videos.

In 2009 he won Best Feature Documentary and Best Emerging filmmaker at the DocNZ International Film Festival for his film Shustak, a portrait of American photographer Laurence Shustak. Read More »

Voices from Venice: New Zealand Commissioner for Venice Biennale, Jenny Harper, introduces some highlights at the 53rd Venice Biennale, including a performance by Te Waka Huia singer Ria Hall.

Video supplied by Creative New Zealand, filmed by BlueBach Productions.

Featured at Judy Millar’s venue, La Maddalena, The New Zealand Room at Venice Biennale is a meeting place for visitors to explore New Zealand’s contemporary art, culture, literature and design.

The walls have been adorned by panels commissioned especially for the New Zealand Room, designed and carved by highly regarded Maori artist George Nuku.  In this video he talks about his work. Read More »

A virtual tour of Judy Millar’s Venice Biennale exhibition, Giraffe-Bottle-Gun, in La Maddalena. The historic venue is the only circular church in Venice, designed by Tommaso Temanza and built in 1780. Read More »

A virtual tour of Francis Upritchard's Venice Biennale exhibition, presented by her co-curator Heather Galbraith.

The installation Save Yourself includes clusters of figures situated on table-like wooden platforms extending out from the base of giant antique mirrors within the Fondazione Claudio Buziol, overlooking the Grand Canal, in the Palazzo Mangilli-Valmarana. Read More »

In part two of a ScreenTalk interview, Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd chats with Chris Knox about his life and career.  Knox talks about directing music videos, becoming a film reviewer and TV presenter and his long-running cartoon strip Max Media. Read More »

Chris Knox is a musician, film critic and cartoonist. His music career began with legendary Dunedin punk band The Enemy, followed by post-punk heroes Toy Love, then the Tall Dwarfs and his own solo work.

Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd chats with Chris Knox about his life and career, in this ScreenTalk interview. Read More »

Author and economist Don Thompson, Auckland Art Gallery Director Chris Saines and Curator Ariane Craig-Smith discuss ‘How do you know it’s good or bad?’. The panel discussion was part of the Auckland Art Fair 2009. 
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Video by Louise Potiki Bryant