Future-Proof

A couple of weeks ago I installed Future-Proof at the Melbourne Polytechnic in Prahran. It's part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival keynote project Uncommon Places II: Instructions from the Fringe, and will be on display until October 4. The program features lots of wonderful artworks in strange and exciting places all over Melbourne and Stonnington; you can download a map and check them out for yourself here: https://www.melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-festival/uncommon-places

Space Ice Cream in Forever Now

My short video Space Ice Cream has been selected and beamed into space as part of APHIDS' Forever Now project, a 21st-century response to the Voyager gold records. Thrilling!
Check it out here, along with lots of other incredible audio and video works by artists from around the world:
http://forevernow.me/artists/artwork/space-ice-cream/index.html

Goodbye, CSIRAC Excerpt

To complement my article about Goodbye, CSIRAC (2012) in the latest issue of IMTAL Europe's Insights magazine, here's an excerpt from the original audio tour.

This section takes place when the audience reach the Mind and Body gallery. We hear the cheerful narrator describe some of CSIRAC's foibles; then, at around 1.30, the Ghost of Computers Past interrupts. As the audience looks down from the Mind and Body balcony, the Ghost appears amongst the darkness and dinosaur skeletons in the Science and Life gallery below (as photographed by Sonia Mangiapane).

The voice of the narrator is performed by the wonderful Ellen Steele; the Ghost and the music were performed by myself; audio production by the fantastic Rob Stewart.

Astrojet Video

At last, the documentation video of Astrojet (September 2014). Thank you to Liz Dunn for so beautifully capturing such an ephemeral work.

Many huge thanks are due to many individuals, but especially to the incredible Ian Corcoran, Technical Producer and projection expert extraordinaire.

Over the Rainbow at Fed Square

Had a fantastic time collaborating with Pete Humble during the Over the Rainbow residency at Yarra Gallery. Our short video "Handy Checklist for Being at Federation Square" was screened on the huge screen at Federation Square, along with all the other wonderful videos created during the week. You can watch all the videos on APHIDS' Vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/114201714

Thank You

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Astrojet (2014). I trust that everything was exactly as you imagined it would be.
Photos below by the wonderful Bryony Jackson.

 

 All photos © Bryony Jackson http://www.byronyjacksonphotography.com/

Astrojet

This September 5-6 I will be presenting new performance Astrojet as part of the wonderful Site is Set series by Field Theory and Blindside Gallery's Meet the Public festival. 

Part bus tour, part audio guide, Astrojet takes you on an eerily familiar expedition to the secret location of Melbourne's forgotten Astrojet Space and Science Centre.

More information + tickets here.

Hello, CSIRAC at Smart Bar

"Please note: the Ghost of Computers Past has been known to disrupt previous Museum events. An official from the EPA Bureau of Metahuman Investigation is on site to monitor ectoplasmic frequencies throughout the evening."

Thank you to everyone who supported and attended Hello, CSIRAC at the Melbourne Museum Smart Bar 2.05.2013 - especially Bernard Caleo and Rob Stewart. 

Photos from the Melbourne Museum Facebook page:

Heroes

Looking

Hands

Surprise

Bonus

Thinkers

Horror

Hidden

Thank You

Thank you to everyone who joined in during Photo Op Family at Dark Horse Experiment / Blender Studios. I'll be working on putting all your photos up over the next couple of days!

Eliza Donnithorne Doesn't Cry

Thank you to all who serenaded Eliza Donnithorne at Sydney's Camperdown Cemetery during Performance Space's Nighttime Twilight event! Below are some pictures of my karaoke installation. The karaoke video itself is below, too, so if you missed out you can still serenade in your own time...

 

Goodbye, CSIRAC

A huge thank you to everyone who attended Goodbye, CSIRAC (2012) at Melbourne Museum. The Ghost of Computers Past loved meeting you all.

Photos by the wonderful Sonia Mangiapane: