Browsing Month 'July, 2008'
Japanese service staff are so eager to assist, to ensure one is more than adequately served that it is a wonder, in their exuberance, they do not break! It has been said many many times that the Japanese are efficient. Today, Day 01 of the iSummit, I could do with a healthy dose of efficiency [...]
Eighty three year old elder, one of two remaining in Kampong Danu, under an hours drive west of Kuching… regrettably, many of the Kampongs have lost their last generation of story tellers and musicians. He could recall only one folk tale, that of a village that had entirely vanished leaving only a stone that is [...]
The last performance of the Terminal Quartet took place in Brisbane, at the State Library of Queensland, 24 June. A recording of that performance, featuring Lawrence English, Andrew Kettle, Julian Knowles and myself, is now available online: Licht Drift MP3 Download http://secession-records.org/tq/ Licht Drift Podcast http://feeds.feedburner.com/secession
It’s 3 am and I’ve just about completed the first in this micro docs series. It’s in fact the second episode based on data I’d pulled from the Bengoh Dam Environment Impact Assessment (EIA). It was curious to find a decent listing of protected species such as bats, but no mention what so ever of [...]
I’m working on a video project in Sarawak, yet another dam, yet another land rights dispute, yet more displaced people, yet more misery and hardship to come… will it ever end? Sarawak Gone explores four remote Bidayu communities accessible by foot within an hour’s drive from Kuching, capital city of Sarawak, Malaysia. They will lose [...]
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