BLEED

Re-found this absurdly serious experimental video I made a couple of years ago about making a cup of tea. I think I liked how the colours bled out from the tea bag, like a violent explosion in slow motion. That added with a few minor piano chords & ta da - a storm in a teacup! 

RAFW 2011 by Vanessa Low

Sometimes moments rush by us so fast, we often get caught up in the whirlwind - worried that if we blink we will miss something, if we sleep we might wake up and realise it was just a mirage, if we stop we might not start back up again. This is a video I put together after I looked back on the footage I took at RAFW, from the beginning of this month, in hindsight. 

MUSIC / BearHug - Origami Sun (Seekae Remix)

Thurley SS 2011 Preview Video

I made this short film of Thurley's SS 2011 preview for On the Streets of Sydney. It's the first film I have made in this kind of setting - so I would adore as much feedback as possible. What do you think of the lighting? The speeds? The choice of music? And of course the collection, too

Day 118: OAF

I filmed for Stone Monks at the Oxford Art Factory. Video above put together by Ryan Whitty.

Day 116: Mushrooms, from forest to food

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Went to pick mushrooms in Belanglo State Forest

Rule of thumb, if it's red and pretty - don't touch it. 

If it's brown and slimy, or flat, orange and covered in dirt and turns your hands

orange when you pick it up - then you've struck mushroom gold!

(I really liked the look of the little red ones which caught water in their

brim so that they looked like pots of cherry red lipgloss, the same as these shoes I

 almost got when in America, my favourite colour!)

My favourite way to eat mushrooms: sliced, and cooked with salt and pepper and

lots and LOTS of butter

Video: Me

Song: La Redécouverte by Yann Tiersen 

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Shoes and Socks: the Love Story

A film by Vanessa Low and Miranda Fagan


An afternoon of crawling on our knees - the joys of stop motion!!!

Song: The Lovecats - the Cure

*The SOS Japan auction is now live - check out the awesome items; all proceeds go to the Red Cross Japan and Pacific Disaster Appeal*

21st Century Stars of Wonder

We can only imagine what the Three Wise Men would have done today, had they spotted the pulsing, glittering, flickering bulbs that come to adorn many a houses this time of year - in some cases we even find ourselves asking, would you like a house with that? The meaning of Christmas in the 21st Century is as diverse as the people who celebrate it - for many it means the birth of the Saviour; for others, carols, puddings and shortcake; for some, finding presents under $5 for the Secret Santa; months of utter stress and chaos for a mere 24 hours; an excuse to meet up with the fam; an excuse to avoid distant relatives; loneliness; unnecessary spending... Christmas time is a beautiful Plate A of our culture. Like a Monday, it is unavoidable. Most people will have to face it somehow, whether with advent candles or the constant Ding-dong merrily on high in the shopping centre. Christmas says something about our culture and place in history that no other holiday does. If we look at its commercialism and observe how much it has eclipsed the proper intention of such day; that what has been a historic and religious festivalhas become in some cases eclipsed by a black hole of shopping trolley's, last minute gift wrapping and in some mindsets a pre-curser for Boxing Day sales. Is this necessarily a bad thing? Well, if we took a house with Christmas lights and looked at it as a form of art, a mini zeitgeist of Christmas culture, we would see the clinical austerity of Dan Flavin and the commercial repetition of Warhol's Brillo boxes - if commercialism can be seen as beautiful by our Post Modern context then perhaps Christmas is the most beautiful and thoughtful time by our 21st Century standards.

Both interesting and sad, I find the commercialism of Christmas to be one of its most defining features. Hopefully this video I made, and piano piece I improvised, will say it better than I have so far.

Friday Night at Oxford Art Factory

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