Michael Reid Sydney presents Christian Thompson’s latest collection of artworks, Being Human Human Being. The body of work culminates in performative photography and a new video work and Toby Meagher, Gallery Director, provides us with an insight . 4A Centre of Contemporary Asian Art opens for the first time this year with a solo exhibition by Australian Filipino artist Marikit Santiago, For us sinners and we find out more. West End’s Broadway musical sensation, The Phantom of the Opera opens in grand-scale for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour and we hear from with Assistant Director Shaun Rennie and cast member Martin Crewes. The Powerhouse Museum launches 100 Climate Conversations, 100 conversations with 100 of the nation’s leading climate innovators delivered over 100 weeks. The program will connect audiences with the innovation and action that is being taken in Australia to address the climate crisis. Catherine Polcz is the curator of the project and she joins us to tell us more.

Produced and presented by Angela Stretch

Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.

Playlist

House Shoes :: Broken The Gift Volume
Catherine Polcz, Curator of the program, Powerhouse Museum :: 100 Climate Conversations: 100 weeks 10am Fridayswww,maas.museums/event/100-conversations/
Flock :: Expand Flock [Netherlands]Album to be released in May 2022
Shane Coopers & MABUTA [South Africa] :: Where The Hear Is Finish The Sun
Immoral Onion & Jan Michal Clesieiski :: Orange Moons Screens LP [Poland]U Know Me Records
Sampology :: Ten Foot Flowers (Glass Beams Desert Flower Edition) Regrowth Rearrangedsampology.com
Christian Thompson :: Exhibition: Human Being Being Human Michael Reid Sydney Opens Wednesday at Michael Reid in Chippendale
Weval :: Minute by Minute Time GoesNetherlands
Shaun Rennie, Assistant Director and Cast member Martin Crewes :: The Phantom of the Opera Handa Opera on the Sydney Harbour and Opera Australia25 March – 24 April 2022 | opera.org.au
Solomon Fesshaye :: Star City Star City / Save Our Placeghostly.org
Soul Media :: Breeze WaJazz Series: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol.1Universe Sounds
Friday 25 March :: Destination – Toni Swain Album Launch Butchers Brew Bar Dulwich Hillhttp://www.toniswain.com/about.html