Katherine Roberts

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Channel: Museums of History NSW · 2017 · Education

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Manly Art Gallery and Museum curator and sunny-spirited time-traveller Katherine Roberts on beach-culture collecting, Anne Zahalka's inspirational photography work and the perennial pleasure of hitting the beach, in this short interview for the exhibition Sand in the City at the Museum of Sydney, December 2016 - July 2107.

direction and editing: Gary Crockett
camera and footage: Spencer Frost - Eyes In The Sky Visuals
colour: Mason Dean
subtitles: Amelia Lindsay 
subtitles editing: Clara Finlay
project assistance: Kate Bruxner

interview: Katherine Roberts 
music: 4th Avenue Walkup by Le Rosevere 
Under Suspicion by Le Rosevere
freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/
images and artworks: Untitled Figures on Manly Beach 
by Nancy Kilgour, c1930
Untitled, Figures on Manly Beach (after Nancy Kilgour) by Anne Zahalka, 2015
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
timelapse footage and manly photos: Anne Zahalka
additional thanks: Ross Heathcote and Manly Art Gallery & Museum

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