As predicted last week, eeet isss happpening aaa-gain… and the 2004 Melbourne International Animation Festival (June 22 – 27 @ACMI, see www.miaf.net ) is the biggest selection of animations you’ll see all year. Eyeball feast on 100 films from 25 … Continue reading
by j p, June 12, 2004 0 comments
‘Sound fonts’ would be familiar to the musically inclined as a way of downloading new sounds to your soundcard. In a reader’s world though, ‘sound fonts’ are a way of embedding strange accents and unusual voices into text and stories. … Continue reading
by j p, April 20, 2004 0 comments
“Just got in from Tokyo and still suffering jet lag”. Like all good film festival directors though, Jonathan Wells still managed time to zap across an update about Resfest, the upcoming short film fest @ ACMI in Melbourne, Dec 4 … Continue reading
by j p, December 8, 2003 Comments Off on Under the Resfest Bonnet
Let’s throw collage artist Vicki Bennett, philanthropist billionaire George Soros and a Sheffield UK new_media festival together in a hot-tub. Aside from the suds, what do they have in common? They believes, I believe, in the phrase ‘To give is … Continue reading
by j p, November 19, 2003 0 comments
Instantly right up there on my weirdest gig ever list, was the label showcase gig for Dual Plover at Electrofringe. A gig where Melbourne’s freak-hop sideshow – Curse of Dialect – looked fun but ordinary. How? The Zombie masks and … Continue reading
by j p, October 19, 2003 0 comments