I'm a rocket , man!

I get influences and ideas from funny places..one of which
was Thomas Hoepker's very controversial 911 photo..i loved this
idea of something epic happening and the people in the foreground
going about their lives...









This work was a little bitter sweet though
as its the last artwork i will do for montpelier
as they will be going their own ways after this release

I hope i saved the best till last :)

have a little faith...

I was asked to mix music and coffee together
on a poster and after half a morning of throwing
away ideas that showered in obviousness ..i came
up with the idea that the spooling holes on a
cassette tape look a little or could function as
little coffee cup coasters..the results of that
idea are , well , seen above

the world on a string part 2

So here it is...



i wanted to capture the look and feel of a jean
pierre juenet film but on a much smaller scale .
I'm really proud of my FX work on this esp. the
blending of the puppet into the street scenes..

was a very relaxed , very fun shoot ..as it always
is with the delightful Avalanche city ..it was also
a joy trying to make one of my fave Sydney suburbs ,
MacDonaldtown , look and feel like Paris .

In the end this is a sweet little story that riffs
on the Cyrano tale but with hopefully my only little
stamp on it

and the winner is....

wow such an amazing and successful night for the boys..
if anyone knows my work then they know i have worked with
them since their beginning and have pretty much done everything
visual since then ..so their big win ( five arias ) filled me
with a lot of pride and gladly my visual fingerprints could be
seen through out the night .. as shown below.






the video below is a collection of influences i had on the night
from my thank you from the band in their best band speech , to the
use of my doco footage in the bands profile to the performance
of feeding line where my projections are played behind the band.



below is the footage used on the jumbo screen behind the band
its almost like video collage , in it is the wide shots and
landscapes from the feeding line video , plus a plethora of
natural elements shot in close up around my local area plus my
first experimentations with time lapse and mixing time lapse with
photography in the computer..the result feels , i hope , a collection
of old " found " travel footage..

the apollo mission part two

Here is my new clip for I Am Apollo ... its a homeless love story inspired by arthur stace ( the guy who wrote eternity everywhere) and stars the very very talented Penny Harpham and Kade Greenland..enjoy

don't get shirty!!

Just a few days ahead of their massive
national november tour here is a sneak peek
at the shirts for this tour , including the
retro t , the quill and inkwell man with
calligraphy pen peg leg and the silhouette design
with my fave quote from milk and sticks..

I'm so happy to still be doing their tour t's and
now having had done 3 of their major tours ..its
good times

the lions share

twins

done months apart but surprisingly both released
on the same day these two releases were albums where
i worked purely as an art director , it was nice for
a brief change not having the onus of coming up with a
crazy concept . Both come with booklets to which i might
attach at a later date the layouts and designs to those.

rin tin tin pt 2

Here is my new video for the very wonderful Patrick James . I'm very proud of this video and its based on an idea that's been floating in my head for years , could not be happier with the end result.

Rin Tin Tin pt 1

here are a few more pics grabbed off the screen
during the fx edit




Here is the latest tour poster for
sydneysider patrick james , the poster
is pretty much a preview for the upcoming
video for carry on..being we had not shot
it yet i had to construct it in the old
computer...




Here are a few screen grabs from the current
work in progress..its so so much fun building
a environment from scratch..

the apollo mission part one

here are some behind the scenes snaps
from the performance part of the I am
apollo clip , added to this will be a
very rich and heartbreaking narrative.






shooting on the sound stage that day was some
of the most fun i have had on a shoot as it was so
different and such a controlled environment that i
could really take my time on shots...more to come soon

the world on a string part 1

So working with avalanche city is such a
joy , they always give me a little of creative
room to breath , so when they ok'd the concept
of a puppeteer love story i felt i had free range
to come up with some pretty cute stuff , one being
this puppet theater backpack that my partner dimity
made and i decorated ..there is a making of it video
coming soon too







here a some early screen caps from the location
shoot , I'm having a lot of fun grading it to look
like the french film Amelie

putting the man back into manhattan

one off poster for their cmj music
festival gig ..

also heres a couple of happy new yorkers with
my previous poster for the last usa tour

always look on the east side of life

So I have been working with eastside
radio for a little while now and recently
we had a meeting to discuss a very firm branding
for the radio station (style , colour palette etc)

First off the bat was this shattered
record poster forming a human head , its a simple
idea but actually one of my faves for this year ,
i find myself very much drawn back into silhouettes




every now and again , I do something
i secretly hope becomes a fashion trend
tie ponchos , knitted bow ties , this time
its old school radio jackets..damn , I wish
I had one..fuck iPODS..this is where its at



tried to work a very 70's style jazz feel to this
kinda like it might have been for an underground
miles davis gig or something..wank wank wank...




here also is this years update
of the black gold poster

out foxed !

so here she is , my little ode to Andy warhol
and pop art in the guise of a music video..

..by any other name

this is an idea i have been kicking around since the
early-ish John Columbus days , this concept of being
able to project memories or dreams..its an idea i would
love to push further some day..





For mr chris rose and his band of thorns
i also did some promo shots..

old home movies

unable to sleep one Saturday night i decided
to take a drive down memory lane and cut together
a loose collection of faux old home movies taken
from byron and I's recent trip to the USA to film
the video clip for Feeding line

this is part one...

make love not warhol

From the outset this was going to be a challenge,
a challenge because almost every aspect of this seemed
to be the polar opposite to everything i had done in the
past . for starters , it was purely performance , it was
drenched almost drowned in colour and most importantly
noone seemed to be walking anywhere or going on some
trumped up spiritual journey..

so i felt very much outof my comfort zone ..
but as it turns out it was one of my most
comfortable shoots of all..shot with an old mate
and in his house against a green screen we took our time ,
bonded , played mortal kombat and ate bad mall food for
two days straight..it felt more like hanging out than making
a video..but of course ..then comes post production.







the cherry on top of this technicolour dessert was
having fellow video maker edward watson play andy
warhol..seeing him dressed as the father of pop art
was such a sheer delight ..





Here is a sneak peek of screen grabs i have
taken while doing the fx and post production









so as it stands at time of this blog im about
half way through post production and the sense
of fun and experimentation is still in the air..
so the moral kids..maybe step out of that comfort
zone once in a while..