oxymorons, contradictions, illogical nonsenses
rocking chairs
pixels
dark chocolate containing 70% cocoa
grid paper
flea markets
underground subways
children's books
grandma's in fur coats
grandma's in pearls
grandma's
brown eyes
anything, everything, black
Music
PEOPLE WHO KREATE MY OXYGEN
motor
adult
book of love
cobra killer
crystal castes
nid & sancy
the knife
Vive la fete
ladytron
punx soundcheck
spalding rockwell
queen of japan
bjork
portishead
annie lenox
blondie
cindy lapaur
depeche mode
loveage
massive attack
eurythmics
romeo void
nina hagen
Joy Division
le tigre
antony & the johnsons
she wants revenge
malaria
stereo total
super girl & romantic boys
Siouxsie & The Banshees
long walk home
Movies
Movies that don't open with a guitar.
hunger
Tarnation
Pink Flamingo
But I'm A Cheerleader
The Five Obstructions
Dark Days
Devil's Playground
American History X
Little Children
Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Clerks
The Edukators
Pi
The Butterfly Effect
Dear Wendy
Boys Don't Cry
Mysterious Skins
Requiem For A Dream
Welcome To The Dolls House
Amelie
All About My Mother
Momento
The Magdalene Sisters
Run Lola Run
Kids
Thumbsucker
Fear And Loathing Los Vegas
Fight Club
kissing jessica stein
und, and, und ...
Philidelphia
Boys on the side (br)
The Goonies
Sister Act
Drop Dead Fred
Reality Bites
Dirty Dancing
Top gun (tragik)
Witches
praise the lord, and mother mary for john waters
Television
on DeeeVeeeeDeeeee.
Books
without endings.
where's wally ?
osho // d.t.suzuki
Scene 1. Exterior Shot.
I was born in Australia, from The Netherlands, living in London, via Berlin, who was sadly too young to experience the 80’s properly. This was discovered in May of 1993.
Scene 2. Interior Shot.
I produce//VJ moving image as "mental hygiene" and start backwards with raw footage.
Scene 3. Interior Shot
Between 1940 and 1970, more than 3,000 "Social Guidance" films were produced. Drive-in cinema's had a viewership of over 40-million people and American classrooms darkened as this "life adjustment cinema" was screened to children.
Coronet films - the"mental hygiene studio" - in East Hollywood released a film every 4.2 working days.
These films, handbooks of conformity, Illustrate social engineering- informing the viewer how they “should” live, thus constructing their identity.
It is here, in this sanitised version of "society", that we see the "smiling housewife" on valium, a suburban horror story.
These orphans works, neglected, with no custodian copyright owners were not meant to preserved- otherwise known as “disposable films”.
Please be a voyeur.
The public domain is my flea market and via this archival intervention I re-contextualise the media, reconstructing the "American dream" to that of a nightmare.
Closing Scene:
I am playing HIDE AND SEEK- hunting for screens, monitors, floors that are ceilings, ceilings that are floors, walls, doors, curtains, alley ways, underground subways, churches, castles, cloaks and really, REALLY big umbrellas.
Credits:
The sun, unfortunately, is not invited.
"cindy goes to a party"
(1955)
JOIN DA DOTS
An allusive meditation on people living in the digital age-
“Join da dots” is a synergy between moving-image and noise.
SPECIFICATIONS
Running Time: 1:30 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
SP BETA
25 fps. PAL
Film completed JUNE 2005
UNTITLED
“untitled” is an incisive collection of oxymoron’s accompanied by the true story of mili. This [short] film urges us to look at the extra ordinary contradictions in our ordinary lives.
“untitled” is a social commentary that carries absurd logic to a new level.
SPECIFICATIONS
Running Time: 7:12 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
SP BETA
25 fps. PAL
Film completed NOV 2005
IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER
The presentation of people who laugh at inappropriate times...
“Comedy may, in fact, not bring laughter at all; and certain tragedies may make us laugh hysterically.”
- Wylie Sypher
SPECIFICATIONS
Running Time: 4:44 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 / 16:9
SP BETA
25 fps. PAL
Film completed MAY 2006
THE WAITING ROOM
"The statistics on sanity are that 1 in 4 people are suffering from one form of mental illness.
Think of 3 of your best friends.
If they are okay, then it’s you."
- Rita Mae Brown
SPECIFICATIONS
Running Time: 10:42 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 / 16:9
SP BETA
25 fps. PAL
Film completed DEC 2006
"The Waiting Room"
YouthArt Multifest 2008
SERBIA
"The Waiting Room"
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival 2008
UKRAINE
"Join Da Dots"
VIDEOAKT (International Video Art Show) 2008
Berlin, GERMANY.
"untitled"
VIDEOAKT (International Video Art Show) 2008
Berlin, GERMANY.
"The Waiting Room"
Emotion Film Festival 2008
Athens GREECE
"The Waiting Room"
Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival 2007
Toronto, Canada.
"The Waiting Room"
4th CON-CAN Movie Festival 2007
Toyko JAPAN
"Join Da Dots"
4th international independent VideoFilmFestival 2007
Vienna AUSTRIA
"The Waiting Room"
St Kilda Film Festival 2007
Melbourne AUSTRALIA
“untitled”
25FPS (Experimental Film & Video) 2007
Zagreb CROATIA.
"The Waiting Room"
2nd Xposed International Short Film Festival
Berlin GERMANY
July 2007
“untitled”
NEXT-Festival 2007
Vilnius LITHUANIA
“It’s no laughing matter”
"Short Circuit'- Junkyard Outdoor Cinema 2007
Melbourne AUSTRALIA
“Untitled”
25 FPS (Experimental Film & Video) 2007
Zagreb CROATIA
“The Waiting Room”
Citizens Commission on Human Rights (Conferences) 2007
Sydney AUSTRALIA
“The Waiting Room”
Citizens Commission on Human Rights (International conference). 2007
Los Angelas USA
“The Waiting Room”
Australian Centre for the Moving Image(ACMI)2006
Melbourne AUSTRALIA
“Join Da Dots”
Media Arts Festival 2006
Freisland HOLLAND
“untitled”
1st Xposed International Short Film Festival 2006
Berlin GERMANY
“untitled”
International Videofestival 2006
Bochum GERMANY
Join Da Dots”
Touch Taxi Screens 2006
Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Join Da Dots”
Popcorn Taxi Flagfall Film Festival 2006
Melbourne AUSTRALIA
“untitled”
Australian Centre for the Moving Image(ACMI) 2005
Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Mona....it has been so long, allow me to clear my throat before i begin... In the red centre of australia, dust settles to mud as it rains. its raining, vb cans are being washed down a river that seldom flows. people dance in the streets and bring mud into their homes. london town - you thrive beautiful. x
so sorry mona, but passport hasnt worked out. Gonna be delayed. Will have to come Sabotage next month. :( Im gutted. Dont come to London and shoot me. Lots of love. xxx
YEAH, honey, long time no speak, hope u r well, i will be back really soon! next week, in fact! so let's hook up. im doing well, but miss berlin and all my freaks :))) oxoxoxxxxoxoxox
Hey dear! Sorry that answer you so late . Im really not in the right mood for party . Wish to take a break for a while and to work on some projects . But i would love to meet you for a cafe or breakfast! Lets organize something ;-)
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