The Secret Life of an Australian Mother

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs: 99 Ways To Tell a Radio Story
Length: 02:30

Domestic duet for mother and six year old. Read the full description.

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Shortdocs06_small Domestic duet for mother and six year old.

The Secret Life of an Australian Mother was produced by Eurydice Aroney, Tom Morton and Stuart Brown for the 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: 99 Ways To Tell a Radio Story. Inspired by cartoonist Matt Madden and the french literary group Oulipo, the 99 Ways Challenge invited anyone and everyone to produce short audio works following a set of rules. Each submission had to:
- start with some manifestation of "To begin with, they never got along."
- include a pre-recorded voice, rhythmic noise and exclamation
- last exactly 2:30 minutes

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Domestic duet for mother and six year old.

The Secret Life of an Australian Mother was produced by Eurydice Aroney, Tom Morton and Stuart Brown for the 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: 99 Ways To Tell a Radio Story. Inspired by cartoonist Matt Madden and the french literary group Oulipo, the 99 Ways Challenge invited anyone and everyone to produce short audio works following a set of rules. Each submission had to:
- start with some manifestation of "To begin with, they never got along."
- include a pre-recorded voice, rhythmic noise and exclamation
- last exactly 2:30 minutes