Bec Bowman returns for another week of arts and culture chats for Best of Artbeat!

In today's episode she sits down with Bobby Russell and Timothy Green to discuss [SITU-8: CITY](http://www.strutdance.org.au/opportunities/performances/situ-8-city), a series of eight dynamic works from[STRUT Dance](https://www.strutdance.org.au/) examining how stories, bodies, voices and characters have been included and excluded from the history of cinema.

Artist and researcher Oran Catts stops by to chat about the future of SymbioticaA, a peak research body for the arts and biology at the The University of Western Australia, amid calls to close the institute.

And producer Rachel Robertson unpacks the John Stringer Prize 2022 as part of [WA Writers Respond](https://www.writingwa.org/event/john-stringer-prize-wa-writers-respond/), an event which invites local artists to read original creative works inspired by the converted art award.

You can catch up on past episodes of Artbeat [here](https://rtrfm.com.au/podcasts/best-of-artbeat-on-rtrfm/).