dLux media arts d>art04 dLux media arts, one of Australia’s leading new media arts organisation celebrates the seventh edition of its highly acclaimed annual digital art showcase, d>Art.
d>Art.04 features five exciting new categories selected by six Australian guest curators.
d>Art 04 is showing at the Sydney Opera House Exhibition Hall, and [in association with The Sydney Film Festival] at the Dendy Opera Quays and at the Sydney Opera House Studio.
For more information on d>Art.04 go to www.dLux.org.au
Sprocket The Studio's Scratch Nights program: we’re proud to present a unique collaboration and some pioneering video artists - Tesseract Experimental Laboratories - to create a night that will confront your sphere of the unknown.
Scope - Program d>art04 Australian Emerging Screen
The Studio 7.35pm/Fri 18
Dendy Opera Quays 9.40pm/Thu 24
Brendan Lee and Angelica Mesiti (curators)
The works selected aren't all slick or Hollywood-esque - they will make you think, they will make you ask questions of human nature and how we subvert our fascination with technology throughout the creative process.
John A Douglas Case Hystory #2 Australia 2003 05:09
Enter the mind of a pyromaniac in custody - part fiction, part autobiography
Gary Freitas Hinged Australia 2003 11:12
A man experiencing paranoia as a direct result of childhood abuse - an excavation of the prescriptive power of cinematic illusion
Ryan Hayward &Lorraine Heller-Nicholas: A Place I'd Like To Be Australia 2003 02:10
A flip-book/film-strip sequence… the washed out images represent a vague, ever changing translation of history through time
Robin Hely Traverse New Zealand 2003 03:00
Video experimentation explored through a hidden spy camera in Melbourne's CBD
Emma Jay The Empty Show Australia 2003 08:00
The 1997 Newcastle earthquake left the city a ghost town. The empty buildings are reclaimed, with artists invited to 'exhibit' works in the autonomous zone.
Anne Kay Walking on the Freeway Australia 2003 03:39
The Los Angeles freeway system from the point of view of a pedestrian.
Alice Lang Replicunt Australia 2003 10:28
Notions of public and private space become complicated.
Justine Kelly Above & Beyond Australia 2003 03:00
A businessman coming home from work trying not to look up - he fears the hypnotising power of the moon.
Tara Marynowsky The Deer Hunter Australia 2004 03:50
Kirk is armed and dangerous - a hunter in disguise on a trigger-happy adventure.
Yasmin Sabuncu Esmerelda Videos (1) Australia 2003 04:00
An exploration of the fine line between monstrosity and beauty assigned to the female form.
Yasmin Sabuncu Esmerelda Videos (2) Australia 2003 04:00
Alana Tracey Structure Australia 2003 07:00
An experiment using a range of styles to create an emotional journey
d>art04 Illumination - a special session for senior high school students
The Studio 1pm/Fri 18
Presenters, Melinda Rackham and Gail Priest, will explore the 'now' in the worlds of web and sound art.
Melinda Rackham will give a brief run down on the history of web art over the last 10 years. Learn how artists brought down the corporate pirate and won the e-toy war. Meet Rhizome - one of the best and most popular online arts organisations. Data and software art, blogging, online communities, immersive scapes and games - all part of the phenomenon of web art.
Gail Priest will give a once only voyage into sonic environments and audio experiences - some of the most intriguing and demanding new Australian and international sound art. Learn what and who you need to know in the world of sound art.
The Studio 4pm/Thu 17
Dendy Opera Quays 9.35pm/Tue 22
Precursor Quietus UK 03:05
ideas of juxtaposition and contrast, life and death, the exquisite and the grotesque, the mechanic and the organic, order and chaos
Simon Robson What Barry Says UK 02:44
monologue is sharply interpreted in motion graphics using iconographic styles from war pamphlets to stencil graffiti
Richard Fenwick rnd#00 Safety Procedures UK 02:00
the absurdity of flight safety procedure is played out in graphic, safety-card detail as events go askance
Logan Sequel USA 01:06
a space travelling pod that reveals the innate shallowness of humanity in bite-sized portions - a love letter to the universe
Charlie Bayliss Transformers UK 03:45
transformers meets beat street - an unashamed celebration of robots, break dancing and 3D modelling
Konrad Scholler Polystory Germany 04:30
from the humble polygon, he takes us from the genesis of CGI to the creation of a language form corresponding to technology
Grant Orchard Welcome to Glaringly UK 03:00
a satirical stab at British tabloid hysteria with borrowed amiga style in lo-fi 2D pixel characters
Yi Bi Hu A Friend I Know UK 01:15
a wolf-headed gentleman unwittingly becomes the butt of local malice when his menacing canine appearance sends him to his doom
Dylan Kendle Nostalgia UK/Italy 01:58
nostalgia continues Dylan's fascination with the music box and the emotions it conveys
Carolina Melis In Which a Butterfly Lands on a Zebra's Head UK 02:40
a magical world in which flora and fauna morph into a variety of forms
Pleix Getty the Big Idea France 01:00
manipulated images from the Getty Library recreated as new organic life forms of individual beauty
Neasden Control Centre Polemia UK 01:10
the day before today, yesterday, came and went… a journey through time and space from birth to death
The Designers' Republic Opto-scientific UK 02:18
kinetic simplicity - an abstract ode to Vasarely - the father of op art
Jordane Menard/Vincent Viriot Jalopy France 03:49
wide-jawed American football 3D characters fight head-to-head for the championship see-saw competition
Pleix E-baby France 04:00
a deceptive contemplation on technology and nurture - a baby lives, breathes and grows inside a computer-controlled incubator
Plusetplus The Big Idea USA 01:04
a baby's journey along a rusty conveyor belt takes him through the African wilderness and Monty Python landscapes
Emmanuel Ho Compile Canada 02:55
a claustrophobic and unsettling experience focused on the information overload prevalent in our society
Adrian Ebrahim Mother Goose Aus 01:12
audio ransom inspired by film noir and pulp art aesthetics
MK12 Sunkenlust USA 01:20
family holiday gives way to dark undertones and menace as the idyll is soiled
Mat Cook/Intro Bagdad Blog UK 02:10
graphic promo for Salam Pax's book of his blog - the Iraqi became the world's most famous web-diarist
Payoon Worachananan Sweet VDO Thailand 03:20
dragons and kangaroos follow the rabbit hero to the end of the earth, where his magic balloon saves him from a fall
Intro The Big Idea UK 01:34
Pleasantville '50s America is the curious target of a meteor strike
Ed Cookson/Drew Cope Drum Machine UK 01:40
Japanese kodo drummers in bright 3D beat out a hefty tune using their heads in place of sticks
Rex Crowle Violence UK 01:00
Chad Montreaux, wrestler, welcomes us to violence and its voracious appetite
Psyop Anthem USA 02:00
a tongue-in-cheek stab at commercialism in a fairy tale landscape of rainbow hills, bouncy bleeding characters and pipette-beaked birdies
Ark Sing for absolution/Muse UK 04:50
stunning galactic vistas and landscapes for this melancholic space epic
Woof Wan-Bau Wanna be that way/Ikara Colt UK 03:00
frenetic action matches the explosive white heat of Ikara Colt's 'wanna be this way'
Jerome Combe+Andrew Bessy Deux Pieds/Thomas Fersen France 02:59
a hapless Parisian slacker lazily daydreams his day away … the animation style perfectly matches the mood … perfect characterisation and hyper natural movement
Jonas Odell Take Me Out/Franz Ferdinand UK 03:56
30s Busby Berkeley routines, Victorian automata and Russian propaganda are all worked in Odell's considerable animation
Airside BBC Mercury Music Awards 03/Lemon Jelly UK 02:28
The Jelly' are the ramblin' band, strolling through a countryside of hypnotic swirls and exotic plants, shopping trolleys and record sleeves
Lynn Fox Tour visuals: Unravel/Bjork UK 03:25
commissioned for Bjork who commissioned a series of visuals for her 2003 world tour - this is section one of five
Logan Beep Twist/Ken Ishii Japan/USA 02:40
seemingly solid metallic motorcycle paraphernalia drop from the air and bounce into a wobbling disco
Plates Animation Let it go/Cormega Mop Canada 03:48
gas masked heads nod to the beat in an apocalyptic arena of hardcore nuclear polo
Daniel Levi Freak/Ifo UK 06:57
Chinese school girls mischievously lock their teacher in the toilet, put their music on the school loudspeakers to go freaking in the playground
James Reitano/TFU Studios All Caps/Madvillian USA 02:16
60s comic book capers with a gangster twist - hip hop action in trench coats and fedoras, referencing the era of Jack Kirby
Graham/Monasterio/Senbontaraj In This City/Enon USA 03:20
In This City depicts the pulsating, neon-lit mass consumerism of cities
Kerb Little Woods/Aqualung UK 02:16
a monster troll is seemingly doomed to wander the magical forest alone and ignored, until an imp comes to say hello
Bourdoiseau/Ganzerli/Blanquet Electronic Performers/Air France 05:42
neuro-electrical reactions and the moment of conception are poetically realised
Plates Animation Hunted by a Freak/Mogwai Canada 04:16
psycho boy gets his kicks throwing cute little animals off the top floor of a high rise building
Up the Resolution Treetops/Boom bip UK 02:30
fireflies flit and light beams fragment in this serene ambient piece
Daniel Klein Stereolove/Agoria France 03:34
a maze of motorways collapses under a growing haze of pollution, all the while unnoticed by the people consuming more and more
Trunk Look for me [in any crowded room] /The Vessels UK 04:15
a doomed relationship is pieced together from an over sensitive and paranoid lover
Alexander Rutterford Go to Sleep/Radiohead UK 03:24
dead-eyed automatons continue their daily grind oblivious to the grey city imploding around them
Shynola House Of Jealous Lovers/The Rapture UK 03:55
music fanzine scrap book cut-outs and live concert footage are sticky-taped together
Dougal Wilson Three Girl Rumba/Klonhertz UK 02:56
a 'cut and assemble' paper pop video … 2D characters are chased by flying scissors, face up to zombies, ultimately travel into hyper space
Joseph Kahn Get Yourself High/Chemical Brothers UK 03:30
a ghetto blaster meets martial arts battle
Ne-o Late At Night/Futureshock UK/Japan 03:26
all succumb to victims of an electro-virus infecting them into a body-popping frenzy
Lester/Woog/Cruz: Fresh Push Breakin’/Hifana Japan
beat-driven performance wizardry is at the forefront of this illustration-tinted and captivating promo
Uchino Masaaki [P.I.C.S.]: O P D /Michico Japan
outlandishly incorporates and parodies motifs from Californian urban culture and accompanying stereotypes
Elecrotnik Frozen Head/Audio Active Japan
comic strip panels with stoned reptiles urging viewers to 'chill' for a moment
Nishigori Isao [P.I.C.S.] Sai/Acidman Japan
a graphic firework display, literally explodes into the night sky
Tanaka Hideyuki Jr-Ski: Reborn Ski Hero Japan
featuring a stunt-skiing ostrich [hard to believe it isn't real] and fun-loving snow mates
Kida Natsuki Eki Ni Ite/Shono Juli Japan
obscure perspectives and 'familiar' feeling heralds a return to more 'analogue' influences and touches
Otani Taro [6nin] Tissue Japan
absurdist and symbolic story expressing the emotions of endless desire and hope
Nakamura Takeshi [Caviar] Re Towatei/Sweet Robots Against The Machine + Space Shower TV Ident Be Free Japan
graphic intensive personal promo … plus a wicked live action ident for space shower TV
Inoue Taku [P.I.C.S.] MTV Japan: Consensus Japan
compositing and design in a cool and seamless blend of live action shot model and motion graphics
2334.org A23M34/Audio: am Japan
intricately detailed and hypnotic animations viewed as algorithmic movement from multi-reactive layers … synchronised to crisp electronica
Ukawa Naohiro Recreation/Supercar Japan
the cosmos and the microcosmos merge
Elecrotnik Freeze/El-Malo Japan
a multi-layered and spherical 'pointillist' effect is adopted and very simply explored
Cruz/Peng/Fan The Attack Of Ninja/DJ Uppercut Japan
a cowboy robot DJ is pitched against a suriken-wielding ninja assassin … an outstanding battle of the hands promo
Uchino Masaaki [P.I.C.S.] Twisted Bon Voyage/Hotei Tomoyasu Japan
multi-layered compositing and montage adorn this spangly retro-kitsch music video
Takagi Masakatsu Rehome Japan
using audio and visual of the everyday life around him, in Japan and elsewhere, a leap into more formal animation with a collaged promo
Nakao Hiroyuki [P.I.C.S.] Trainsurfer Japan
photo-montage style with wacky humour… the thrill of trainsurfing is surely more hazardous on Japan's bullet trains…viewers are teasingly left with a surreal cliff hanger every time
Elecrotnik/Imaitoons Presto/Ken Ishii Japan
fantasy road-facing, gaming graphics and character illustration speed through this top gear promo
Aerostitch Two Both Sides Japan
a 3D craft floats through a cosmic arterial scape in this eerily atmospheric short
Nuevagraph/Kiz/Simpact Cantata No 147/Omodaka Japan
the minimal wire-frame approach is jettisoned in favour of photo-realistic CG for a re-interpretation of Bach's Cantata
Mashima Riichiro Ski Jumping Pairs — 2007 Test Jump
Japan original animation that fuses the winter sport of ski jumping with a Python-esque take on TV commentating
Cruz/Peng/Fan Fat Bros/Hifana Japan
illustrating their shiny and dark sides… a gob-smacking cocktail of sweet graphic havoc with many eye-popping sequences
Tanaka Hideyuki The Rising Suns/Ishino Takkyu Japan
aerial shots of the metropolis at sunrise are stunningly combined with a CG-generated mass of raving figures
Capcom Viewtiful Joe
ordinary Joe transforms into viewtiful Joe - a new school, old school film superhero
Namco/Ea Spawn: Armageddon comic book anti-hero - complete with flowing cap and a lust for vengeance
Oddworld Inhabitants Stranger
a spaghetti western heralds the introduction of a new Clint Eastwood - oddworld gets stranger
Capcom Killer 7
wheelchair bound assassin with a mission - to terminate targets that deserve to die
Io Interactive/Eidos Hitman Contracts
Agent 47 is back and he means business - there's no place to run … no place to hide
Reflections/Atari Driv3r
FBI Agent Tanner is back. He's deep undercover in Miami, Istanbul and Nice - the most filmic games get.
Pandora Tomorrow/Ubisoft Splinter Cell
Sam Fisher is back - waging a one man war on an Indonesian Terrorist network
Black Box/Ea Need for Speed Underground
enter the underworld of street racing, complete with nitrous oxide and motion blur
Konami Metal Gear Solid 3
stunning graphics ensure that the MGS series remains king of the sneak-em-up
Naughty Dog/Scee Jak 3
the conclusion of the trilogy about awesome Jak & Daxter - our hero is out of favour with the city saved last episode
Melbourne House/Atari Transformers Armada: Prelude to Energon
battle with Megatron and the Decepticons before they take over the Earth
Capcom Maximo vs Army of Zin
Maximo and his sidekick Death - people need his help, but he's on a mission of his own
Montreal Studios/Ubisoft Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
The legendary character returns - you still have to save the Princess, but this time, you have a secret weapon - a dagger that can turn back time
Argonaut/Scee I-Ninja adrenalin charged martial arts and humour - what more could you ask for?
EA James Bond 007 Everything or Nothing
the film series' entire cast - helped by Pierce Brosnan's 007
Ion Storm/Eidos Deus Ex: Invisible Wars
a bio-modified apocalyptic future - terrorists strike the heart of a city, wiping out millions
ID Software/Activision Doom3
the third incarnation of Doom - eye popping
The Room/Konami Silent Hill 4
atmospheric and surreal survival terror game with extremely weird creatures
Midway Interactive Inc The Suffering
our hero is on death row at a prison haunted by horrific creatures
Tecmo Inc/Microsoft Ninja Gaiden
massacre and its revenge - ninja style
Capcom Monster Hunter
battle armoured humans take on Goliath dinosaur-esque monsters - it's survival of the fittest
Demon Siege/Capcom Onimusha 3
arch enemies battle out one of the most breathtaking fight scenes ever to appear in a game
Cavia Inc/Square-Enix Drakengard
not what you'd expect from a swords and dragons hack 'n' slasher
Marc Craste/Studio Aka Jo Jo in the Stars France/UK 12:00
the story of love, self-sacrifice and the murderous jealousy played out against a black and white world that is both nightmarish and hauntingly beautiful
Daniel Askill We Have Decided Not To Die Australia 11:00
an allegorical triptych in which three figures undergo a mental transformation
Juan Solanas/Onyx Films L’homme sans tête France 15:00
a man ties his bowtie, dancing as he prepares for that special rendezvous - tonight, he is going to declare his love
Johan Thurfjell Do you have the Shine? Sweden 6:00
the audience is in control on Danny's bicycle in the empty hotel in Kubrick's cult classic, The Shining
Bob Sabiston Grasshopper USA 14:37
a study of a wise Washington Square park bench philosopher - how to avoid the hell of loneliness
Virgil Widrich/Six-Pack Film Fast Film Austria 14:00
a classic action, love story, car chase, gun fight, happy ending using all the greatest Hollywood movies
Hideyuki Tanaka Tape End Japan 10:00
a meditation on how technology influences our everyday lives
Harun Farocki (born Neutitschein, German-annexed Czechoslovakia, 1944) studied at the Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie in Berlin. He made his first two short films, Zwei Wege and Jeder ein Berliner Kind in 1966. His work has been exhibited in France, Germany, Austria, Portugal, The Netherlands, Belgium, UK and the USA. Retrospectives of his work have screened in Lisbon, Madrid, Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Graz, Locarno, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Cracow, Singapore, Jakarta, Tel Aviv and Buenos Aires.
War at a Distance (Erkennen und Verfolgen) 2003 55mins
In 1991, images of the first Gulf War flooded the media - it was virtually impossible to separate the real from the computer generated. This was to forever change our way of seeing what we see. The image was then part of the process of production and destruction - the central premise of War at a Distance. With archival and original material, Farocki sets out to define the relationship between military strategy and industrial production and sheds light on how the technology of war finds applications in everyday life.
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts (Ich glaubte Gefangene un Sehen) 2000 25mins
Images from maximum-security prison - Corcoran, California. The surveillance camera shows a concrete-paved yard where the prisoners, dressed in shorts and mostly shirtless, are allowed to spend half an hour a day. One convict attacks another. The uninvolved lay on the ground, their arms over their heads. They know what comes now: the guard will call out a warning and fire rubber bullets. If they don't stop, he will shoot for real. Silence... a trail of gun smoke drifts across the picture. The camera and the gun are right next to each other. The field of vision and the gun viewfinder follow the same path... - Harun Farocki
Screen sculpture, film loops, and live image manipulation create a surreal and interactive space. A unique collaboration between the Sydney Film Festival and The Studio at Sydney Opera House where you get to have your say on new work in development by pioneering video artists - from Tesseract Research Laboratories' Cindy Drennan and Justin Maynard. Sprocket is alone. His only possessions are what he can produce and then protect. Confront the unknown… in a post consumerist society, the only value system is the trust you can place in your relationships with others.
