Land's End
Philippe Genty's puppetry sure has changed since the '80s. Now, instead of a flirtatious exchange between a feather boa and an old camera, there are women with scissors for legs and giant humanoid dragonflies.
And while Genty's creations still manage to make HR Puff'n'Stuff look like a bastion of normalcy, Land's End (a collaboration between Genty and wife Mary Underwood) has a distinctly sober tone.
Interplay
Demystifying the creative process can be a dangerous thing. Sometimes it's nice to think artists are rarefied beings, periodically struck by bone-shaking bolts of inspiration, rather than slobs like the rest of us, makin' stuff in their underwear amongst toast crumbs and fallen armies of takeaway coffee cups.
d.v.d at Aphids Reel Music Festival
Comprised of two human drummers and a visual artist, d.v.d piece together live animations triggered by the musicians' drumming. They push music/gaming boundaries by reworking the ‘80s arcade classic, ‘Pong' (You all know, Pong, yeh?) with their own unique tribute. These guys are just one of the groups performing at the Aphids Reel Music Festival - four nights of live performances combining music with the moving image.
Yelling at Stars
When I'm not working out on my Bullworker or transcribing the voices in my am radio's static I like to spend my nights at the Roberts Street park screaming at the stars. Little smug shiny fuckers, shining all bright with their little smiley lightypants and all. Hate em! But you know apparently that don't count for jack because the folks at Yelling at Stars reckon they're sending the first Australian interstellar message to hyper-wonk it's sciencey way into deep space.
The Telepathy Project
Veronica Kent and Sean Peoples are Scanners. Well, I can't prove it but they have been openly dabbling with telepathy as a means to explore the dynamics and boundaries of people's relationships with one another. Having already telepathically curated exhibitions and acted as mediums between a group of people in a gallery and a lake full of eels, they know their stuff.
MASH SF – Australian Premiere
Past. Present. Future.
As a myriad reflection of track heritage and contemporary style MASH SF rider James Newman also believes that riding fixed can “make you look into the future. Since you can’t stop as fast, you have to plan ahead”.
Cavalier or clairvoyant, MASH SF – a film by Gabe Morford and Mike Martin, watch the trailer here – creates the sense that this elite group of San Franciscan riders navigate using the palms and not the backs of their hands.
Blade Runner - The Final Cut
Artists should learn to leave their work alone. Director's cut are often vanity projects or novelty acts: sometimes worrying their own work to death,like Richard Kelly's recut Donnie Darko, or sometimes just PC-gone-mad, like Spielberg replacing his guns with walkie-talkies in E.T. And it still hurts too much to talk about what George Lucas did to the 10-year-olds inside us all.
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