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The Pinjarra Massacre

The story of colonial Australia is as much a story of dispossession as it is of settlement, and dispossession often went hand in hand with terrible brutality. Today we’re looking at a violent incident that occurred in Western Australia 178 years ago, in which 21 Nyoongar people were killed in a raid by mounted troops.

Rama Mani: Art in Extremis

How important is art in times of genocide? Rama Mani, who’s worked in country after country, and across all continents, has seen that art reappears, phoenix-like, after the worst atrocities and inhumanity. Whenever societies are stifled with injustice, and crushed by physical and cultural violence, remarkably the human spirit of creativity refuses to die.

One Pig : One Matthew Herbert

This week the sonic biography of One Pig, from the studio of Matthew Herbert. He’s one of the most prolific composers in the UK, but not in any conventional sense of the word. Because Matthew Herbert has increasingly made his name as the master of music made from the audible world, using ‘found sound’.

Antoni Tàpies

On Creative Instinct this week, a celebration of the work of the late Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies, who sadly died on 6 February 2012 at the age of 88, within days of the first broadcast of this feature. This program is therefore a tribute to his passing.

Out there with MOFO

MONA FOMA is the wild child of arts festivals. It brings a rock festival edge to the arts, and an arts festival sense of play to music. Emerging from the mind of evil genius David Walsh, MONA FOMA (or MOFO) was created to see how far audiences could be pushed.

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