Let's unpack what it means to critique art, but in a weird and wacky way.. we'd expect no less from one of our fantastic collective members James Hazelden in his original story Ant Farm, making a satirical statement on the arts industry.

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It was a joy to talk to our writer/director and one of the actors about their experience on the day with production, how they interpreted the characters, whether this was based on a true story 👀 and developing partnership during the audio editing process.

'Ant Farm'

Written and Directed by James Hazelden

Voice Actors (in order of appearance)

• Recording by Luke Amiet and Kevin Giovanno
• Assistant Producer Dragonia
• Audio Engineering & Sound Design by Luke Amiet
• The Critic played by Tim Wotherspoon
• The Writer played by Blake Barnard
• The Swat Commander played by Dragonia
• Podcast hosting by Finn Moseley & Evrim Şen

Co-created by Evrim Şen with support from Joshua Cowie - Creative Producer at The Channel @ The Arts Centre Melbourne

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) Intro and Acknowledgement of Country

(00:01:34) Host introduction with Finn Moseley & Evrim Şen

(00:04:55) Our Feature Presentation by James Hazelden

(00:16:38) Credits for 'Ant Farm'

(00:17:20) Interview with writer/director featuring Evrim Şen

(00:25:36) Wrap up with Finn Moseley & Evrim Şen