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Front Row: Luke Jerram's Vaccine Artwork, Remembering Christopher Plummer, Malcolm & Marie

05/02/2021

Luke Jerram's Vaccine Artwork, Remembering Christopher Plummer, Malcolm & Marie

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Luke Jerram's Vaccine Artwork, Remembering Christopher Plummer, Malcolm & Marie

Luke Jerram, Malcolm & Marie, and Christopher Plummer remembered

Artist Luke Jerram on his vaccine sculpture; remembering actor Christopher Plummer; Malcolm & Marie; artist and poet Keisha Thompson; Welsh musician Cerys Hafana.

In April the artist Luke Jerram spoke on Front Row about his sculpture of the Covid-19 virus. Since then he has been ill with Covid and has created another sculpture - unveiled today - this time of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Jerram discusses his artistic engagement with Covid, including his piece In Memoriam, 120 flags made of NHS bed-sheets, commemorating those who have died. 

The Oscar-winning actor Christopher Plummer, whose death at the age of 91 was announced today, is remembered by the film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh.

For our Friday Review, Larushka is joined by Carl Anka to discuss Malcolm & Marie, the black-and-white, made-in-lockdown relationship movie on Netflix starring Zendaya and John David Washington, written and directed by Sam Levinson.  They also watch ZeroZeroZero, a new thriller on Sky unpicking the international cocaine trade based on the book by Roberto Saviano.  

Arts Foundation Futures Award winner Keisha Thompson discusses her past work as a theatre-maker and poet. She talks about how she uses her background in science and maths to inform her theatre practice, and why she is fascinated by taboo subjects in art.

And to celebrate Welsh Language Music Day, the 19-year-old Welsh singer, composer and harpist Cerys Hafana joins us to explain how music and the Welsh language go hand-in-hand.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Studio Manager: Giles Aspen

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