Friends of the Armchair Traveller

I'm sure you will all know why I'm sharing this around again. Last time I shared it I was on Facebook, but now two years later, it still has currency. pt

 A new offering from one of our friend's pens:

 

  ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle faces trial after immunity defence fails https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/27/ato-whistleblower-richard-boyle-face-trial-after-immunity-defence-fails ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle’s court case a ‘Shakespearean tragedy’ https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/ato-whistleblower-richard-boyle-s-court-case-a-shakespearean-tragedy-20220723-p5b3zv Background on Boyle’s case (taken from AFR article by Adele Ferguson) None of this helps Boyle, who  hit the headlines in April 2018 when he turned whistleblower in a joint media investigation  with  The Age ,  The Sydney Morning Herald  and ABC’s  Four Corners , which revealed that his area of the ATO in Adelaide had been instructed to use more heavy-handed debt collection tactics on taxpayers who owed the ATO money. Months before going public, he followed protocol and did a public interest disclosure to the ATO. It was investigated by the ATO and rejected. He the...

  Hi Peter,  I went to the FVFS meeting yesterday and they showed us Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey . https://m.imdb.com/showtimes/ title/tt7498372?date=2023-05- 07 I want to take Mum to see it, but I think you would love it too. And maybe it could be a short blog entry but I don't have time to write one. Heather. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks Heather,  I think our friends can get an idea of the film by watching the trailer in the link you've sent us. It looks like a very professional production. In the argument for "film" versus "digital" I'm not a film purist. I've arrived at a point in my life where I don't like going to see films with audiences in large theatres. I feel trapped there.  I also love the new digital technology which is giving me opportunities I never had with the film medium. I'm not missing the cost of Kodak's film stocks, nor the cost of labora...

From Bill Mousoulis and Chris Luscri This month, finally, after first being programmed in Covid-lockdown times, we are happy to present John Ruane's first major film, QUEENSLAND, his Swinburne/VCA graduation film, but an ambitious graduation film!  A realist classic, it stars John Flaus in his first major role, launching a great acting career for him. A truly SPECIAL Q&A with both Johns, Ruane & Flaus. And a beautiful HD Restored print by Ray Argall. Get in quick for these tickets! Tuesday, March 28, at 8:10 pm :   Queensland  John Ruane,  1976, 52 mins,  Q&A with John Ruane & John Flaus, moderated by Jake Wilson One of the quintessential, widely acclaimed Australian films of the 1970s,  John Ruane 's superb Queensland builds upon the structures and possibilities of the miniature to ultimately craft something more mysterious and radically open-ended. Featuring the indomitable presence of legendary actor  John Flaus , Ruan...

Five years ago I was honoured that the newly-formed festival "CINEMA REBORN" opened with my film "The Nude In The Window" , a portrait film about Paul Cox and his life work. Geoff Gardner has been a long time supporter of my work and for that I am most grateful. His great support has given me strength in times when my fortunes were very low.  Today Geoff sent me this: Hi Peter, Here's the trailer for Cinema Reborn 2023 which goes on at the Ritz from 26 April-2 May.  As the person who made the first ever film to be screened at Cinema Reborn, your film about Paul Cox was screened way back in 2018), I’m sure you continue to follow our fortunes.  The trailer was made by young film-maker James Vaughan, a very active member of our Organising Committee and it uses the remarkable solo piano music by Oleg Karaivachuk which features on the soundtrack of Kira Muratova’s 1971 film THE LONG FAREWELL.  Muratova was a Ukrainian director who worked in the Soviet Union. The Lo...

  Dear friends, between the end of March and the beginning of April there are some interesting exhibitions coming up, to which I am pleased to invite you. BERLIN • March 31 – April 2, 2023: “finally a bit of animation!” Japan meets Berlin – exhibition and screening , Medienwerkstatt bbk Berlin . The Media Workshop celebrates the farewell of Lioba von den Driesch, the contact to the Japanese artist Yasuto Yura, organizer of the independent film festival “VIDEO PARTY”, and the new media lab with a screening and an exhibition.  On display will be a wealth of animations of various kinds from Japan and Berlin, among which my installation / video book Invocation of the Stone CALCATA • April 1-16, 2023: Uovo d’artista , group exhibition curated by Marijcke van der Maden at Il Granarone, Calcata VT, Italy.  I participate with my new video The Mind’s Egg , with sound art by Edoardo Pistolesi Somigli. BOLOGNA / ONLINE • March 30-31, 2023: Arte-fatti contemporanei / BI...

  My fascination with images by Edvard Munch started with "The Scream". Sometime ago I got bored with that work.  After all it is one of the most repeated works in the world, often printed very badly with not so close colour rendition. Then while in New York in 1985 I became entranced by his lithographic work when some pieces were on show at MOMA in a collection covering 400 years of woodcuts and lithography from Durer to Munch. Then I went off and bought a big book on his life and work. Then I saw Peter Watkins' superb documentary of Munch's life. Then I discovered Munch's photographs.  Edvard Munch,  Self-Portrait ‘à la Marat,’ Beside a Bathtub at Dr. Jacobson’s Clinic , 1908-09. This astonishing man used photography much of his life. In the image above, he is obviously in a bathtub, playing out a version of his fascination with Marat's murder by Charlotte Corday. He repeated many themes such as this one all his life, always pursuing some sort of finality ...

    If you would like to check out more of Vicky's work: http://vickymousoulis.com/ pt

 A new series of digital  works  by our friend Kim Miles Kim's canvas is her body. Her face is the map of her life, past, present and future!  Her work often takes us beyond any particular reality! I find Kim's work  extremely  powerful,  challenging,  disturbing.  Always pushing and pulling.  Always making me wonder.  Kim is immensely courageous. * * * * * * If you would like to visit Kim's website: https://digitalartbang.com/  Thank you Kim for sharing your work with us! pt