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Still from Erewhon (2014) Gavin Hipkins

CIRCUIT Cast #14

Gavin Hipkins, Kim Paton, SPARK Festival

Hosted by Mark Amery · September 18, 2014

A chat about Gavin Hipkins' feature film Erewhon, and the SPARK media arts festival in Hamilton.

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In this podcast our panel dissect Gavin Hipkins’ feature film adaptation of Samuel Butler’s 1872 novel Erewhon, asking what message Butler and Hipkins have for us in 2014? In Part 2 we talk to RAMP Gallery Director Kim Paton about the vibrant SPARK media arts festival in Hamilton.

Your host as always is Mark Amery, with guests Martin Patrick and Thomasin Sleigh.

Works discussed in this episode

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Erewhon (Trailer) (2014)

Erewhon (Trailer)

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