Partnership with SBS

Regional Arts Australia and SBS Corporation have worked in partnership, along with Skoda, to produce a series of vignettes that showcase the breadth of arts in regional Australia, on the eve of the launch of the SBS Network's split regional coverage.

The eight vignettes have been filmed across the country, each one depicting a fascinating story from Regional Arts Australia's 2008 book

The eight vignettes have been filmed across the country, each one depicting a fascinating story from Regional Arts Australia's 2008 book Big story country: great arts stories from regional Australia, written from conversations with Moya Sayer-Jones.  Big Story Country was produced with the support of the Regional Arts Fund, an Australian Government initiative and the Australia Council for the Arts.

Production of the vignettes coincides with SBS's decision to split its advertising signal in regional markets.  The broadcaster will offer 12 distinct regional and metorpolitan "short break" streams within the broadcaster's consistent national programming schedule.

The vignettes will appear on rotating schedules across all regional markets from May 2009, underscording the vibrancy and diversity of the featured artists.

Production of the vignettes was directed by James Ashburn of Lucious Motion, with backing scores provided by one of Australia’s leading music production houses, Song Zu.

Media releases

SBS news release, 19 February 2009 (28KB)
SBS and RAA news release, 12 May 2009 (156KB)

Download the vignettes

The vignette files are quite large, so it is advisable to save to your hard drive before viewing (right click on the link, select Save As, choose where to save it and click OK)

A child's life on a station from Mitchell, Qld (wmv 40.5MB)
Drum Atweme from Alice Springs, NT (wmv 25.3MB)
Fleurieu Biennale from McLaren Vale, SA (wmv 18MB)
fLiNG Physical Theatre from Bega in NSW (wmv 26MB)
Football stories from Hepburn, Vic (wmv 30.3MB)
Possum skin cloaks from Heywood, Vic (wmv 54.0MB)
Rod Westbrook from Devonport, Tas (wmv 25.5MB)
Understory, Art in the forest from Northcliffe, WA (wmv 45.3MB)

The making of the vignettes from SBS and RAA (wmv

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