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One of the great songs… Recorded, I guess, according to some, in 1944, but how old it may be, who knows? Leadbelly is said to have written it. I love the inflections in his voice… no one sings “shiver” quite like Leadbelly. This recording, originally in mono, has been processed onto a novel stereo version. [...]
Projection art began with small surface areas, low level light, ingenious imagery and intimacy. As lights became more powerful, lenses sharper and projectors more robust artists like Hugh McSpedden flourished, particularly at a time when musicians were wanting to make sensual impact with both their music and what ever visuals were possible, otherwise known today [...]
Mid-May I’d produced a small event at the St Andrews Hall in rural Victoria. Can Video Art Save The World was a retrospective of experimental Super 8 and video going back to the very early 1980′s. The event also featured the legendary projection artist, Hugh McSpedden, who talked us through some of the more curious [...]
It was in the very early 1980′s, perhaps 1981, that I first met the then burgeoning artist, David Nerlich. David changed my life. He gave me something few people have - a new brain! I recall we had left a venue late one evening, it may have been the first or second time we had met, and [...]
Our first public outing was scheduled for the 18 - 19 November 2011. It was to be held in collaboration with Afghan Voices, a project based in Afghanistan that trains young adults to produce news and documentaries. We were excited by the prospect of having a number of their team in Australia, screening their videos and developing [...]
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