The Zooplankton's Dance, 2023.
UN 2024 Goal 14, 'Life Below Water' has passed. Global deep ocean marine habitats continue to be damaged by seismic testing schemes. 24 frames-per-second and 6 x 4 grid format is a one-second temporal marker for our short time to act. Animated film (Morgan) with slide guitar (Baker). Amanda Morgan, soundtrack by Jeff Baker, The Zooplankton's Dance. 2023, HD video animation, sound, 8:00.
Das KAPITAL exhibition, Artist, Co-curator, 2023-2024.
The exhibition demonstrated and extended my critical research on “animation for oceanic care.” The impactful "Das Kapital" exhibition was co-curated with Amanda Morgan, Brie Trenerry and Kieran Boland. This publication and exhibition featured the works of 57 artists, With current VCA staff, alumni, and students from diverse and First Peoples backgrounds, including: Peter Burke, David Lans and Warlayirti Artists, Anna Hoyle, Benedict Sibley, Masato Takasaka (with Liquid Architecture, Jason Heller, Warren Taylor, Damiano Bertoli), John Warwicker, Amanda Morgan, Liss Fenwick, David Harley, David McBurney, Stephen Haley, Natasha Johns-Messenger, Kieran Boland, Melody Laglína Woodnutt, Darren Wardle, Steven Rhall, Blake Dearman, Craig Easton, EG Productions, directed by Ella and Greg Stehl, Joseph Blair, Janet Burchill, Jennifer McCamley and Robin Hely, Kate Beynon, Rali Beynon & Michael Pablo, Karen Ann Donnachie & Andy Simionato, Hiball, John Waller, Sonia Payes, Martine Corompt and Camille Hannan, Ian Haig, Bernhard Sachs, Brie Trenerry, BOOreaucrats (Benjamin Sheppard & Peter Burke).
Das KAPITAL invited artists to address the concept of creative capital in a former bank. Traditionally tangible, money and art have become data, code and light. The works were ephemeral, featuring large-scale video projections, AR via QR codes, and holograms suspended in mid-air, which explored how value is attributed to virtual exhibits. Bringing together a group of emerging and established artists, it was envisioned to attract a diverse audience into the heart of the Stonnington retail precinct. The Stonnington Arts and Culture Grant supported the technology for the exhibition and the production of the catalogue, designed by Karen Ann Donnachie & Andy Simionato, with an essay by Ashley Crawford and poster and logo, designed by John Warwicker. AR and online Catalogue https://myshrine.org/dasKapital/print.php
Video documentation of the exhibition by Brie Trenerry and Kieran Boland, with opening speech by Ted Colless.
