Firmament is Java application / PD patch that was built to interface with data coming from a radio telescope. It was initially developed during the acoustic.space.lab project at Ventspils Starptautiskais Radioastronomijas Centrs, the VIRAC radiotelescopes, Irbene, Latvia, in August 2oo1. The project was organised by RIX-C and involved more than...
Chew it up and spit it out. Samples:‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, The Beatles, 1963; ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ by The Stooges, 1969
Documentation of installation at Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart MOFO January 2012 What song do you want played at your funeral?
Animation: Wendy Chandler Sound: Heath Franco Documentation of video installation The Fall Before Fall, UTS Gallery 13 September – 14 October 2011
Filmed at Newington Armory, Oh Industry, 2009, mashes popular culture depictions of factory, military and naval labour with the amusements and distractions of early 20th century modern life. Bette Midler’s performance of the song ‘Oh Industry’ from the film Beaches (1988) and the popular film serial The...
This is the song Daniel Mudie Cunningham wants played at his funeral. Daniel has always been obsessed by Tina Turner's Proud Mary since seeing her perform live in Sydney in 1991 and 1993. The sublime experience of seeing a powder keg like Tina perform the song inspired its selection as his...
Performers: Daniel Mudie Cunningham & Rachel Roberts Music: George Tillianakis Camera: Don Cameron Editor: Vera Hong Cello Designer: Drew Bickford Filmed on location at Mrs Macquarie's Chair, Sydney, 18 August 2010 Exhibited in Rhymes with Failure, MOP Projects, 30 September - 17 OctoberExhibited in Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, 6-21...
Take My Breath Away re-imagines Marina Abramovic and Ulay’s iconic 1977 performance Breathing In Breathing Out. The exchange of human breath between two men is mediated by a white balloon. Breathing is transformed from inhaling and exhaling into blowing and sucking, rendering this compulsory life-sustaining act into a compulsive, perverse,...
Daniel Mudie Cunningham's first ever video. VHS single channel video with sound, 3:18 min Performers: Michelle Seamons, Herbert NgSample: ‘Take Some Petrol Darling’, The Sugarcubes, 1988 Exhibited: AFI Cinema (now Chauvel Cinema), 1993.
Once upon a time there was a dark, dark cemeteryIn the cemetery there was a dark, dark groundUnder the dark, dark ground was a dark, dark coffinIn the dark, dark coffin was a dead man - Daryl Mudie, 1983
In this two-channel installation, we explore the heritage of Duchenne’s smile from the staging and construction of ‘genuine’ expression in the development of 19th century neurological science through to attempts to capture facial expression in contemporary face recognition software. Are images and declarations that ‘real’ ...
Anna Munster and Michele Barker presented the Australian premiere of their multi-channel video and sound installation, Struck - a work that critically addresses the complexities of being diagnosed with a neurological disease.
Assembly observes a morning ritual of prayer and movement, performed by primary school students. The children move in time: expressing themselves with their arms, hands and faces. The children move in response to 'reflection exercises' being read out from prayer cards that are used daily in...
