From the first and only performance of Memory Effect, Small Black Box, Brisbane, 2002.
Photo by Andrew Kettle
Andrew Garton was next presenting Memory Effect, a collaborative piece by Toy Satellite, a Melbourne based non-profit multidisciplinary production house. It was a performance of considerable complexity, both logistically and semantically and … Continue Reading ››
In recent months I have revived an interest in haikus, partly through work I have been doing with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. In Haiku Daily, I hope to maintain a record of personal, collaborative and spontaneous haikus.
The idea is to build up a record of momentary events that may build up … Continue Reading ››
This is an attempt at writing in amidst hectic schedules, travelling and widely dispersed collegues towards a personal history of my life with computers.
Each entry will be riddled with errors. But that's just part of the process... and so it should be. At this stage I'm not sure whether I'll update each chapter as I … Continue Reading ››
Composed in Prague in 1994 and performed by the Fierce Throat screaming choir (once only).
This piece has returns to me from time to time... fragments from it weave through my thoughts... I dug it out and had to make something of it again. It was such a strong piece to perform, text and voices crass-thatched, … Continue Reading ››
Written in Prague, 1994, for Auslander und Staatenlose. Performed by the Fierce Throat Choir.
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I uphold the world
I raise my fists
I turn the key
I fight for you
I die for you
I long for you
God's tears Europa
Take the weight,
the weight
I know no pain
I take the pain
You open the doors
Fill our streets
with glassy eyes
with glassy hearts
Looks as though
they're here … Continue Reading ››
Photo by Andrew Kettle
Andrew Garton was next presenting Memory Effect, a collaborative piece by Toy Satellite, a Melbourne based non-profit multidisciplinary production house. It was a performance of considerable complexity, both logistically and semantically and … Continue Reading ››