Browsing Month 'June, 2011'
Their names - Akbara, Doostizadah, Danesh and Hazara - were alien to my tongue. One or two I could barely pronounce let alone remember, but I will - in time. Their names were spoken, part-thereof, from the rear of their tongues where pockets of air seemed to surround the vowels in a hollow space rendering [...]
Tuesday late morning I’ll have arrived at the Dandenong Community Arts Centre for my first meeting with a small group of young Afghans. I’m now three weeks into a scoping report on a new, revitalised version of Home Lands, with myself leading its creative direction. I’ve done as much background research as I felt I [...]
From 2 - 4 July AGITPROP film festival went live for the first time in Manila, Philippines. Sarawak Gone debuted there. Watch the trailer.
I was fortunate, very fortunate to meet one of the few remaining masters of the Sape, an instrument indigenous to Borneo. The Sape Master, who was taught in the forests of Sarawak, is widely known throughout Malaysia having also performed internationally. The Sape Master is one of several micro-docs from the series, Sarawak Gone. Sarawak [...]
Mid-2007 I left Melbourne for a road trip that was to take me along the east coast of Australia. The idea was to hook up with my old pals, hang out, jam, do some recording. Nice. I’d stumbled upon former members of Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk and No More Bandicoots, even managed to track down former [...]
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