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Synopsis

A magazine show with an edge, The Living Room did for arts television production what Radio With Pictures did for NZ music — it ripped open the venetian blinds, rearranged the plastic-covered cushions, and shone the sun on Aotearoa’s homegrown creative culture. Often letting the subjects film and present their own stories, it was produced for three series by Wellington’s Sticky Pictures, who also made follow-up arts showcase The Gravy. These excerpts from the first series show a calvacade of local talent, including an early Flight of the Conchords screen outing.

Background

The Living Room Series by Paul Stanley Ward 04.09.2008

This Sticky Pictures production comprises ten half-hour episodes, each episode is divided into 4 segments, each profiling a different artist or group.

The art-making takes in music, painting, film, fashion, architecture, sculpture, tagging, ...

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Credits (23)

 Louis Sutherland
 Mark Albiston
 Nathan Morris

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 Lisa Finnerty

Lisa Finnerty

I was channel flipping and fell into the web of this show. It really is an artful look at producing a show casing the people and their creative side.

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 The Living Room - Series Two (excerpts)

Television, 2004 (Excerpts)

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 The Gravy

Television, 2007 (Excerpts)

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A short film directed by Sticky supremo Mark Albiston

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 The Gravy - Series One, Episode 12 (Sex and Art Special)

Television, 2007 (Full Length Episode)

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Another arts series made by Sticky Pictures

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Awards

2003 NZ TV Awards
AFTA Best Lifestyle Series
AFTA Best Director, Factual/Entertainment Programme (Mark Albiston)