“At the turn of the century cute and cuddly robots carried none of the symptoms of technological paranoia, and bright-eyed boys and girls looked with ecstatically dilated pupils into a bright future. Only a few years later, the same characters … Continue reading
by j p, September 7, 2009 1 Comment
Open, until Oct 11, the current ACMI Len Lye exhibition is one of the best reasons to wander to Melbourne. Let There Be Light And there was light. Back in nineteen thirty-five. Which was when New Zealander Len Lye (1901 … Continue reading
by j p, August 28, 2009 0 comments
[[Update: Fernando in Melbourne, 2011 ]] Six legged video projection anyone? You’re going to need a miniature projector and cables, you’re going to need a Mexican video artist by the name of Fernando Llanos, and most of all, you’re going … Continue reading
by j p, August 13, 2009 9 Comments
Soon to be (multimedia) Dr.Wade Marynowsky, aka Spanky, aka AC/3P, aka The Old Sydney Town 8 Bit Gimp, aka Mr.Mutantric Australiana, has an exhibition coming up. With dancing robots. ‘The Hosts: A Masquerade Of Improvising Automatons’, extends Marynowsky’s development of … Continue reading
by j p, July 31, 2009 0 comments
[Guest post by the esteemed Lucy Benson ( VJ Nosis / Melb-Belfast-Berlin-Zurich etc ), for my Threeworld column, full version and more photos over @ Lucy’s. ] 4 days. 378 performers from 26 different countries. Almost 300 performances, workshops, talks … Continue reading
by j p, July 24, 2009 0 comments