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The arts with moving parts! Mercury Lane is a story-driven arts series that features a rather radical 'front-person free' approach, offering a cluster of short documentaries, poetry and musical performances each week. Reporters (Kim Webby, Sam Hunt, Chris Knox, Colin Hogg and Marcus Lush) occasionally lurk round the edges, serving the stories, but Mercury Lane's tack is to put the artists themselves in the middle of the picture, exploring what makes them tick as much as what makes their art click.

  • 1Mine Eyes Dazzle Sam Hunt meets poet Alistair Te Ariki Campbell. Campbell discusses his life and work, his families history, movement to New Zealand and meeting with James K. Baxter, his mental breakdown and depression and his marriage. Poems read: 'Blindness', 'Omaka', 'Elegy', 'Spring in Porirua', 'Against Te Rauparaha', 'Australian Girl', 'Bee of Anger' (Meg Campbell), 'Elegy for Anzac Day'.

    • Start 0 : 00 : 00
    • Finish 0 : 43 : 41
    • Duration 43 : 41
    Contributors
    • Andrew Bancroft (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2Debussy, Pelude No. 6, General Lavine - Eccentric Performed by Tamas Vesmas.

    • Start 0 : 43 : 41
    Contributors
    • John Carlaw (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Mercury Lane
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 21 April 2009
Start Time
  • 08 : 30
Finish Time
  • 09 : 20
Duration
  • 50:00
Series
  • 2
Episode
  • 2
Channel
  • TVNZ 6
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • The arts with moving parts! Mercury Lane is a story-driven arts series that features a rather radical 'front-person free' approach, offering a cluster of short documentaries, poetry and musical performances each week. Reporters (Kim Webby, Sam Hunt, Chris Knox, Colin Hogg and Marcus Lush) occasionally lurk round the edges, serving the stories, but Mercury Lane's tack is to put the artists themselves in the middle of the picture, exploring what makes them tick as much as what makes their art click.
Classification
  • Unknown
Owning Collection
  • Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Documentary
  • Arts
Contributors
  • Andrew Bancroft (Director)
  • John Carlaw (Director)
Subjects
  • Documentary
  • Arts
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