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Sound Day at the NFSA
August 18 2009
Arts Minister Peter Garrett
The NFSA celebrated the importance of sound in the landscape of Australian audiovisual culture with its annual Sound Day program.
Minister for the Arts, the Hon Peter Garrett AM MP, announced the 2009 Sounds of Australia additions. Sounds of Australia ensures that Australia’s sound heritage is heard into the future and acts as a stimulus for discussion between the public, sound industries, public institutions and the NFSA about the importance of recorded sound to all Australians. Listen to the sounds already on the register.
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Minister for Arts Peter Garrett announces the 2009 Sounds of Australia
Photo by Adam McGrath
Minister for Arts Peter Garrett and Vic Simms at Sound Day celebrations
Photo by Adam McGrath
Joan Warner, CEO of Commercial Radio Australia delivers the Thomas Rome Lecture
Photo by Adam McGrath
NFSA CEO Darryl McIntyre, Minister for Arts Peter Garrett, Vic Simms and NFSA Chairman Chris Puplick (left to right)
Photo by Adam McGrath
NFSA CEO Darryl McIntyre, CEO of Commercial Radio Australia Joan Warner and Minister for Arts Peter Garrett
Photo by Adam McGrath
Vic Simms and the cover of his 1973 record The Loner which is one of the 2009 Sounds of Australia
Photo by Adam McGrath
Anne Kirkpatrick and Kathryn Yarnold from the Slim Dusty Foundation
Photo by Irene Dowdy
Sound Day Events
Joan Warner, CEO of Commercial Radio Australia
Thomas Rome Lecture 2009
The 2009 Thomas Rome Lecture was presented by Joan Warner, CEO of Commercial Radio Australia. Hot on the heels of the launch of digital radio, Joan's lecture explored the future of commercial radio in Australia, listening trends and the role of radio in an ever-changing media world.
2009 Sound Day Patron Robyn Archer
Radio and Me
The 2009 Patron of Sounds of Australia, Robyn Archer AO, joined with well known artist, Michael Morley, to perform a special show, Radio and Me. Drawing on childhood memories of radio in Adelaide and Christchurch, the show is a very personal history through good times and bad.
Sound Garden
Sound Garden
Rounding out this aural celebration is the new Sound Garden being planted at the NFSA in Canberra. The garden combines sound, art and technology in an interactive exhibition that allows you to listen to the sounds planted in the garden, prune them and even plant your own! The Sound Garden blooms from 19 August.
