Artbank

A cruisy start to Artbank this week, with a bit of Jay-Z and Yellow Magic Orchestra, before Susanna Andrews comes into the studio to cover recent publishing news. Theo and Susanna discuss the nominees for the PANZ Book Design Awards, the popularity of family history as a subject in writing, and what Susanna has been reading. Later in the show, Ian Wedde joins Theo to talk about his latest book The Little Ache: a German notebook, and the rich research and observation within. 

In the first half of the show, LA-based pop band Girl Friday called in from a heat wave to talk about their new single "I'm Impossible," and what's next for their music. Later on, multi-media artist Judy Darragh came into the bFM studio to chat about Competitive Plastics, a solo exhibition at Objectspace which folds together a number of Judy's longstanding material and conceptual interests. 

This week we caught up with designer Mark "PJ" Cleverley, and talked about his career in a different era of this country's design past - working for Crown Lynn and New Zealand Post. The interview begins approximately half way through the show. Also music and art guide! 

For the first part of the show this long weekend, Juliana Engberg joined us to talk about All That is Solid Melts, a rich and multi-layered exhibition she has curated at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Later on, conductor Vincent Hardaker came in to discuss Paddington's First Concert, a pair of performances by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, as well as the APO's forthcoming program and his experiences as a conductor. The skies may have been grey, but the studio was anything but!