Artist's Statement
My video practice is inspired by the Italian Arte Povera (Poor man’s art) movement of the 1960s. I have coined the term "Video Povero" to refer to my videos which are made very simply, without much technical knowledge of the medium. I use cheap equipment readily available to the “home” market. I do little or no editing/post-production. I set the camera controls to “automatic.” The sound effects are generally ambient or generated by the objects being filmed.
MC, 2006
TEXTS
Untitled, 2005
Abun-dance, 2005
Aborigines, Advertising, Aeroplane Jelly, All Australian, All Australian Graffiti, Ampol, ANZ Bank, Arnotts Biscuits, Arnotts Famous Biscuits, Aspro, Aussie, Aussie language, Australian Advertising, Australian Commercial Art, Australian Commercial Artists, Australian Graphic Design, Australian History, Australian icons, Australian identity, Australian language, Australian logos, Australian Made, Australian Map, Australian Nationalism, Australian packaging, Australian Trade marks, Australian erford, Gazeka, Geoff Cook, Geoffrey Blainey, Golden Fleece, Graphic Design, Griffiths Tea, Guest?s Teddy Bears, Gum Tree, History, Hutton?s, Huttons, Icon, Intellectual Property, IP, ISBN 0-646-40309-5, Italian migrants, Jaffas, Kangaroo, Kinkara, Kiwi Boot Polish, Koala, Kookaburra, Kool Mints, Laxettes, Leggo?s, Life. Be in it., Logo, Logos, Macrobertson, Made in Australia, Magpie, Magpie Cigarettes, Map of Australia, Marmite, Matchbox labels, Migrants, Mimmo, Mimmo Cozzolino, Mine Tinkit They Fit, Minties, Mortein, Mulga Wood, Nationalism, Neptune, Niggerboys, Norco, Nugget, Orlando, Patents & Trade marks, Patents and Trade Marks, Pelaco, Penguin Books, Peters Ice Cream, Phillip Adams, Pie, Platypus, Possum, Prickly Pear, Puns, Qantas, Rabbit plague, Racism, Redhead, Redheads, Rosella, Rutherford, Sherrin, Skipping Girl Vinegar, Slang, Southern Cross, Steam Rollers, Stencil Roller Flour, Stockman, Swagman, Swallow & Ariell, Symbols of Australia, TAA, Tarax, Tarzan?s Grip, Teddy Bears, Throaties, Tom Piper, Trade Mark History, Trade mark law, Trade marks, Trade Marks of Australia, Trademark History, Trademarks, Trademarks of Australia, Tucker Box, Vegemite, Velvet Soap, Vincents, Waratah, Wattle Cigarettes, White Australia Policy, Wombat, XXXX Beer, Zig and ZagTrademarks, Australiana, Ballarat Bertie, Beer Labels, Bex, Billy Tea, Boomerang, Bosisto?s, Brands, Bushells Tea, Carlton Ale, Chesty Bond, CIS Educational, Colonies, Commercial Art History, Commonwealth Bank, Cooee, Coo-ee, COR, Corporate Design, Corporate History, Corporate Identity, Corporate Image, Cozzolino, Cozzolino Ellett, CUB, Defender, Design Education, Design History, Digger, Dingo, Dinkum, Don?t Argue, Drover, Early Kooka, Eta, Fair Dinkum, Fantales, Federation, Flour Sacks, Freddo Frogs, Fysh, Fysh Ruth
