Episode 9 - Sydney Biennale controversy, Cinema and Painting, Ken Jacobs

It's the first CIRCUIT Cast for 2014! In this months pod we talk to Australian artist Nathan Gray about his decision to withdraw from this years Sydney Biennale, just hours before the Biennale ended it's association with controversial sponsor Transfield Holdings. Panellists Martin Patrick and Abby Cunnane join host Mark Amery to dissect the Adam Art Gallery exhibition Cinema and Painting. From New York we are joined by the one of the show's artists, Mr Ken Jacobs, who with his wife Florence discuss the relationship between the aforementioned two mediums, Jacobs' 3D cinema and also share an anecdote about Len Lye in New York during the 1960s. Image: Ken Jacobs, film still from The Guests, 2013. 3D Archival footage transferred to digital video, DCP, b/w, surround-sound, 74mins. Courtesy of the artist.