Marcus Westbury Writes Finally...
Dear Folks,
Just a reminder that TOMORROW [Tuesday, October 30] at 10pm on ABC is the FINAL episode of Not Quite Art!
The good news is that the show has been very successful. The audiences have been very good, the reviews have been incredibly good and the sheer amount of discussion on the Internet has been amazing.
If you've missed any episodes they are available to download from http://www.abc.net.au/tv/notquiteart but will only be available for a limited time - so make sure you grab while they're up!
If you want to leave any feedback about the show and you're not part of the Friends of Not Quite Art Facebook group you can also leave feedback via the ABC TV Guestbook (the show has no guestbook of its own) or you can just email me with your thoughts. On the off chance that I might get to do something like this again it would be great to get a wide range of feedback about what did and didn't work.
Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed it!
thanks,
marcus.
PS A soon to be unemployed former television presenter is currently looking for a job! All zany suggestions seriously considered!
Ep.3 THE BUSINESS OF CULTURE
Tuesday October 30 10pm, ABC TV Australia
Where does art stop and business begin? Is the difference between art and commerce whether you make money out of it or whether you are making it to make money? Why does Melbourne have laneway bars and NSW have poker machines and what the hell does that have to do with art?
Marcus Westbury ventures into a video art bar, meets an artist who sells ideas, reveals the angst of being a sneaker designer and comes across a magazine that you can only read on a wall. Along the way he asks if are artists are just the underpaid R&D; guys for big fashion, design, music and business?
With sneakers on show at the National Gallery of Victoria and every new art movement the basis of an advertising campaign, as a society, are we just better consumers than art critics?
This episode features Marcus in a suit.
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