Free Punk super 8 night.

Hey guys, There is this free punk super 8 night coming up at Melbourne Uni, hosted by the Ian Potter Museum of Art. It sounds like they will also play live music, which would be cool. I'm definitely going to go, let me know if you are interested in coming along too...

Punk Super 8 in Brisbane: Jeanelle Hurst, John Nixon, Gary Warner



Date: Friday 7 May 2010

Time: 6:45 for 7—9 pm

Location: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (located behind the Ian Potter Museum of Art)



What interests a Dadaist is the way he himself lives...
(Tristan Tzara, Dada Manifesto, 1920)



Mirroring street style and contemporaneous popular music, and paralleling key developments in other parts of the world, a distinct art practice emerged in Brisbane in the punk/post-punk art scenes of the early 1980s. Aware of, and informed by, international currents in post-structuralist thought and No-Wave music, radical Brisbane artists nonetheless critically restructured these developments to their own creative ends. Through hybrid, performance-based events involving music, film, installation and performance, the artists in this film program challenged the revered art object as the fetishistic depository of beauty, and, like the Dadaists their work has been compared to, celebrated the power and pleasure of the instantaneous moment. Made in an era of repressive conservative rule and general cultural stagnancy, these 'Brisbane Dada' films provide a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the artists who made them: Gary Warner, John Nixon, and Jeanelle Hurst.

Films will be screened in their original format by OtherFilm. Gary Warner's films will be accompanied by a live score performed by Ian Wadley. Danni Zuvela (OtherFilm) will introduce the films. This is an event of the exhibition MELBOURNE>

meeting?

hi everyone, i was just wondering if we are meeting again this friday?

i have had the canon camera this week and have done a bit of shooting, but would love some help to do some more on friday during class time if anyone is keen. Also if anyone else needs the camera please let me know and ill bring it to you...

I have mostly been shooting things that make loud noises....eg glasses smashing, so the music people can replicate the sound or just make a loud noise when it is screened....however it is a bit difficult to do it all by myself (hard to hold the camera and do the action) so it would be great if others could help me a little

I have also found this website which is pretty interesting....some great ideas here....and i guess if anyone was interested they could make a single movie and enter it in the competition:

http://www.straight8.net/2008/home.php

ok hope to see you all soon

Irene

Hey Everyone, 

Renuka and I met last Friday during our meeting time to discuss our ideas for our segment of film. I thought I'd fill you in on some of the details.

We have decided to use a series of different locations in which to shoot, and we are going to use drawing to have a 'conversation' about each landscape. Placing a sheet of clear perspex in front of the camera, we are going to take it in turns to draw onto the surface, choosing elements of the landscape to draw. With each part that we draw, we will take still shots to achieve a stop motion animation effect. Posca pens, paint and other materials will be used, as well as some live action filming. 

Our first day of filming will be this Sunday (weather permitting..fingers crossed!) 

We are also meeting again this Friday to make sure all of our materials are ready for Sunday. 

See you all soon, Renuka and Renee  

Phenomena and Occurrences

Footage to accompany the first edition of The Folklore and Mathematics Periodical. A Ghost Box film by Julian House.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ogUcIIn_cU

Broadcast and The Focus Group - #2: I See, So I See So

There are no others there is only us.

There are no others there is only us from Michal Jacaszek on Vimeo.

I can't say anything because this film should speak for itself.

Gertrude Street Projection Festival.

I'm not sure if anyone saw the Gertrude Street Projection Festival last year? It was pretty cool and they are currently calling for entries for 2010. The theme is Me. You. Us, and entries close 30th May:

http://www.thegertrudeassociation.com/projects/gertrude-street-projection-festival-2010/2010-brief-and-technical-specifications

People might be interested in entering a super 8 film...?

Waiting to turn into Puzzles

Below is a link to David Young (composer) and Louise Curham (video artist)'s collaboration between chamber music composition and Super 8 film, titled Waiting to turn into Puzzles.

I find the approach to how the score was created very interesting. Each musician is given a colour and reads along the actual film in sync with the projection, playing their interpretation of the presence of their colour (the more green, the louder they play, for instance). Perhaps a way to approach the live percussion score.

http://www.abc.net.au/classic/australianmusic/puzzles/

Also, I've been thinking certain colours could trigger sound types (metal, toys, skins, wood, etc)

Burzum - Dunkelheit (Excellent Quality)

First Post

Hi guys

I have set up a blog for us to keep in contact, share ideas and to document our process. Let me know if you want to change anything, but I will try and give everyone the same access so that you can post independently or make any changes.

I dropped our project details off to David last Friday, under project description I wrote,

We will each be making a super 8 film using colour in the film as a trigger for change of scene or sound. Through the editing process we will re-mix the films to create one cohesive work. We will publicly screen the films in the city somewhere, outdoors, accompanied by live percussion. We will document the process throughout.

So far we've had two meetings, one at the Malthouse to throw a few ideas around and then last week in the library where we brought in dvds to share... Next meeting is this Friday 23rd at 10am in the library again.

Let's get filming!