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Art Bites in new ABC projects

Four web series from emerging arts filmmakers receive funding for iview.

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Four teams from WA, NSW and Qld will share in $200,000 of funding for Art Bites, a joint initiative between ABC and Screen Australia that encourages new arts content from emerging and early-career Australian filmmakers.

Suburban Interventions (WA) will delve into the life and artistic practice of artist Ian Strange while The Glass Bedroom (NSW) will examine the influence of social media on the work of artists. The Wanderers (QLD) will explore Australia’s most exciting street artists and Shock Art (WA) is a look at how art can take us into deeply uncomfortable territory.

They will each receive $50,000 to fund a 6 x 5 minute web series that will premiere on the ABC Arts channel on iview from November 2016.

Head of ABC Arts, Mandy Chang, says, “This is a wonderful opportunity, in partnership with Screen Australia, to develop the next generation of arts filmmakers, and we’re excited to see the films that emerge from this initiative. ABC Arts on iview is a fantastic platform on which to showcase this up-and-coming Australian talent.”

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