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“but dad! It’s EDUCATIONAL!” 3RRR FM

“but dad! It’s EDUCATIONAL!” 3RRR FM
 (1980)

Medium
poster: colour photo-screenprint on yellow paper
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the Estate of Robert Rooney, 2023
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Gallery 11
Level 2, NGV Australia

Artwork Details

Medium
poster: colour photo-screenprint on yellow paper
Measurements
66.0 × 80.5 cm (image) 69.1 × 86.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
printed in blue ink u.l.: 3RRR / FM / 102.7 MHZ STEREO RADIO
printed in blue ink l.l.: "but, dad! it's EDUCATIONAL!"
Accession Number
2023.282
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the Estate of Robert Rooney, 2023
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Gallery 11
Level 2, NGV Australia

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Essay
‘The Camera is a Dumb Recording Device’, Robert Rooney and the serial photographs in retrospect

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