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Comment on Headphone Verbatim Theatre by Medieval Skeletons, Monks Road and Rosemary Lane

Medieval Skeletons, Monks Road and Rosemary Lane — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:21:32 +0000

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Comment on Exactitudes – categorizing with the camera by Nigel

Nigel — Fri, 13 May 2011 00:55:24 +0000

snap! I was just looking at this: https://www.facebook.com/LissonGallery

Comment on Visual Ethnographies of Place – during and after by Elisha Buttler

Elisha Buttler — Thu, 05 May 2011 06:51:07 +0000

I work at FORM and was involved in the exhibition at FORM Gallery, as well as the accompanying hardback book. This is a really interesting comparative review and it is true that The Pilbara Project exhibition presents a largely unpopulated, ‘stark’ perspective of this region. I thought I would post here though to say that this was actually our intention in presenting this exhibition. Many other remote regions on earth have been surveyed with the aim of specifically capturing the unusual relationship between industrial and natural landscapes, such as parts of America and Russia, but surprisingly the Pilbara had not previously been photographed in this way in an extensive survey. We wanted to explore this very obvious yet misunderstood quality of the Pilbara – it is a beautiful region that is arguably not as lauded for its natural beauty as the Kimberley for example and it is commonly known as one of the primary sources of Australia’s (resource-based) economic success. This means that many people have diverse preconceptions of the Pilbara – to ‘outsiders’ it is a resource hub often (incorrectly) known as the Pill-bah-rah. To ‘insiders’ – the many people living there and working there – it is a complex, compelling and strangely beautiful place. We wanted to harness the outsider perspective and the insider appreciation of its true beauty and bring them together. So this exhibition was never meant to be about the finer qualities of the communities and people that comprise the Pilbara.

This show was actually the first of a series of artistic projects that come under the umbrella of The Pilbara Project. For us it was important to first address the industry-landscape confluence as this is what most commonly comes up in Pilbara-related discussion. We will launch the second Pilbara Project exhibition next February – painting by WA artist Larry Mitchell.

The book we produced for this first exhibition is over 200 pages of colour photographs paired with the personal journal-notes of a variety of people who have in fact lived or worked or visited the Pilbara. The book was produced to offer a more personal, imitate, human counterbalance to the gallery show. The exhibition closes end of this Saturday the 7th but the book will be available through FORM beyond that.

Comment on Visual Ethnographies of Place – during and after by Maya

Maya — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:31:45 +0000

Indeed, I think I’d like on-line books a whole lot more if they all had the layers and texture of Pine Point.

Comment on Visual Ethnographies of Place – during and after by Frank R.

Frank R. — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:09:50 +0000

Thanks for the link to Pine Point. What an amazing journey. So glad you pointed it out. Seems to me like I had a peek at the future of books too!

Comment on Big Stories, Small Towns by Big Stories 2 | Side by Side

Big Stories 2 | Side by Side — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:00:44 +0000

[...] of South Australia comes the newest incarnation of Big Stories Small Towns, a project in which resident film makers have made portrait films about people in the communities [...]

Comment on Challenge for Change and NFB Filmmaker in Residence Program by Highrise – 360 Documentary | Side by Side

Highrise – 360 Documentary | Side by Side — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:10:46 +0000

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Comment on Challenge for Change and NFB Filmmaker in Residence Program by Review: DocLab Live 2 / Three Stories of Time & Place | IDFA DocLab 2010

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:01:38 +0000

[...] the principles which gave way to National Film Board Canada’s 1967 Challenge for Change program, fostering cross-discipline collaborations and targeted dissemation of content to influence [...]

Comment on A bit about Maya’s work with participatory visual research methods by Maya

Maya — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:49:40 +0000

Elly, I’m glad that you this work useful. I think getting kids to interview each other is a great way to get around shyness or politeness or uncertainty in gathering info from young people. You can get the older kids to work with you to formulate (and translate) questions that would work in the context in which you are working. I’d love to hear how you go with your research over time.

Comment on A bit about Maya’s work with participatory visual research methods by Elly Kent

Elly Kent — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:52:06 +0000

Fantastic ideas, I’m particularly impressed by the idea of getting older/more receptive kids to interview younger kids. I’m currently researching arts programs for children in Indonesia and am struggling to get the children’s perspectives – they usually just give a big grin and repeat what I’ve asked. Language is also a barrier as many (especially younger ones) speak Javanese but limited Indonesian and no English. Thank you for sharing your ideas so openly.