Anyone watching SBS late at night might wonder “what-the-fuck is Connex (or whatever the trains are called now) pushing?” when they see Daniel Crooks’ train rolling across the screen. Welcome to the world of artv. Commissioned for 2004: Australian Culture Now by ACMI and SBS Independant, 16 of Australia’s coolest artists make 30 bumps in programming that have to be the best thing to watch on the box this month. Besides the time-sliced Train no. 6, ex-PLA army artist Guo Jian animates one of his paintings for The Day Before I Went Away. Stay home and watch some tv, or wait until ACMI stream them.

Guo Jian – The Day Before I Went Away

Daniel Crooks – Train No. 6