DJ Spooky’s Sloppy Ice Adventure

On the back of an Antarctic visit DJ Spooky played the Melbourne International Arts Festival recently, but after catching both his ‘multimedia performance’ and separately disappointing DJ set, honestly, what a lot of hot air. Terra Nova Sinfonia The poles … Continue reading

by j p, November 21, 2008 5 Comments

DVD Review : Transiterations by Ian Andrews

Another disc launches out of the demux audiovisual label, this one the collated efforts of Ian Andrews, long-time Sydneysider sonic manipulator / video perculator. Twentieth Century Warehouses Aside from the factories filled with people making / printing Kurt Cobain tshirts, … Continue reading

by j p, September 22, 2008 1 Comment

Abre Ojos, Big Square Eye, Digital Fringe 08

Amusing as the U.S. election is to watch on news channels, or terrifying if you’re watching it via the Comedy Channel’s Daily Show, just sometimes, you don’t feel like having a herd of cattle flying overhead, dumping manure on you … Continue reading

by j p, September 5, 2008 0 comments

Behind Every Turkish Batman..

.. one might think, lurks a Turkish Batwoman. Turkish Batman has been found. However, despite my best attempts before, during and after 6 months in Istanbul last year, Turkish Batwoman remains elusive. Batboy in the comments of a previous post … Continue reading

by j p, August 11, 2008 2 Comments