MEDIA 2018-2019
SHORT DOCUMENTATION FILM (3 min.) Delivered for the Island. June 2019.
The travel of postcard letters. To be precise - the travel of postcards within Series One “Send it to the Island & Receive.” Artists of Creative Occupation had to ensure that postcards got safely delivered to the Island, and the Island could respond to senders’ questions and messages!
PART I - EVENTS. Creative Occupation - at The Project Space, Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront, Australia 10-31 January 2019.
Montage - Michael Morgan, Marita Batna
The 'Events' section shows people - visitors and artists, as well as the street, depicting Creative Occupation from the point of view of how rhythms of the art space and street run in parallel and collide.
The video incorporates fragments from some of the events that were held during the Creative Occupation showcase:
-The Island Play Reading;
-Island Muse;
-Ingrid Petterson's Island Exploring - Expanding Self (guided writing, reflection and sharing in the gallery);
-Send-Receive: Creative Occupation Series One postcards Launch.
PART II - ROAMING. Creative Occupation - The Project Space, Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront, Australia, 10-31 January 2019
Montage - Michael Morgan, Marita Batna
The 'Roaming' section is a walk through the gallery space, seeing the works and hearing the mix of sounds. The camera eye is moving around and zooming into details of artworks, developing the feeling of the entire gallery installation.
The video incorporates installation views of the following artworks (in sequence):
-“Civilization's Entropy (Standing Operating Procedure)” by Michael Morgan;
-“The Island Play Reading: A Film” (script by Scott Welsh, film by Zac Schubert-Youston);
- “Flag process” and “Woman-Made” by Ingrid Petterson;
-“Civilization's Entropy (Standing Operating Procedure)” by Michael Morgan;
-Voices / Tunnel;
-“Wallpaper Thin” by Jennifer McElwee;
-“Civilization's Entropy (Life Support; Requiem Ritual)” by Michael Morgan;
-“Post Office” and conveyer installation;
-“You Are SLAVES & PIRATES: South Channel Fort”– writing (blogpost) by Jessica Laraine Williams
-“Post Office” and postcards (What question do you have for the Island?);
-Photographic collages by Adie McDermott;
-DEFENCE MECHANISMS (Projection) by Laine Hogarty (with contributions from Jessica Laraine Williams);
-“Welcome to the Occupation” by Lance Youston.
PART III - CONVERSATIONS. Creative Occupation - The Project Space, Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront, Australia, 10-31 January 2019
Montage - Michael Morgan, Marita Batna
The 'Conversations' section captures individual artists’ Video Portraits in the context of the gallery dynamics and with their work. These are unedited videos where artists converse about their practice and work in the project.
00:09 – 05:27 Laine Hogarty (with DEFENCE MECHANISMS – Projection), conversation partner -Michael Morgan;
05:28 – 08:23 Michael Morgan (with fragments of “Civilization’s Entropy"), conversation partner – Lance Youston
08:23 – 11:17 Ingrid Petterson (with “Woman-Made” and fragments of “Flag Process”), conversation partner – Laine Hogarty;
11:17 – 13:47 Zac Schubert-Youston (With “The Island Play Reading: a Film”), conversation partner – Marita Batna;
13:47 – 19:00 Jenny McElwee (with “Wallpaper Thin”), conversation partner – Michael Morgan;
19:00 – 21:17 Lance Youston (with “Welcome to the Occupation”), conversation partners – Jennifer McElwee and Marita Batna;
21:17 – 25:32 Adie McDermott (with her photographic collages), conversation partner – Lance Youston.
25:32 – 29:00 Scott Welsh (with “The Island Play Reading: A Film”), conversation partner – Michael Morgan; and a fragment from the Q&A session after film demonstration for community members.
PART IV - EPILOGUE. Creative Occupation - The Project Space, Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront, Australia, 10-31 January 2019
Montage - Michael Morgan, Marita Batna
The 'Epilogue' section sees Creative Occupation's showcase interfacing the busy Geelong Waterfront streetscape via communications and communal elements in the gallery. After Creative Occupation leaves The Project Space, it pops-up amongst the city Waterfront gardens using the project’s own mobile unit.
Featured elements:
-The Evolving - communal work;
-Island Muse;
-Creative Occupation Multi-Channeled (Качанка) at Steampacket Gardens (2nd March 2019), Geelong.
DOCUMENTATION - PERFORMANCE (12 min 30 sec). Laine Hogarty. In the shadow, I see myself of DEFENCE MECHANISMS - Projection (Gallery Performance), 2019.
Author: Laine Hogarty, with contribution from Jess Williams
Videographer: Zac Schubert-Youston
Performance artists: Laine Hogarty, Jess Williams
Sound: Alex Last; musical improvisation (violin): Matiss Schubert
DOCUMENTATION - PERFORMANCE (6 min). Laine Hogarty. DEFENCE MECHANISMS - Projection (Island performance), 2018.
A performance filmed on South Channel Fort Island, 2018 as part of Laine Hogarty's project series DEFENCE MECHANISMS in response to the Island.
Author: Laine Hogarty
Camera: Zac Schubert-Youston
Performer: Jess Williams
SHORT FILM (20 min 45 sec). The Island Play, written by Scott Welsh
They thought it was just another job, but even ordinary people can encounter the surreal on the island…
“What does solitude and social isolation do to us? In the contemporary reality of electronic communication, this appears to be an everyday occurrence but being on this island, being so remote and with so many social and psychological ghosts.”- Scott Welsh, June 2018.
Directed by Zac Schubert-Youston, Scott Welsh, Kristopher O'Sullivan
Cinematography and Editing: Zac Schubert-Youston
Sound Production: Kristopher O'Sullivan
Performers: Scott Welsh, Ingrid Petterson, Lance Youston, Michael Morgan
Production Manager: Marita Batna
Produced by Creative Occupation, 2018. Filmed on South Channel Fort Island (Chapter 2 an 3, Chapter 1 - in regional Victoria, Australia).
PROCESS DOCUMENTATION (5 min 50 sec). Ingrid Petterson. Flag Process, 2018.
Devised intuitively, the planting of sewn flags interpreting the words “creative” and “occupation,” on the pier of the Island of South Channel Fort - barefoot, inside the quiet filled with the sounds of the sea, wind, and bird songs… Single-take / unedited documentation of the Flag Process presented as a montage. The process took place on the South Channel Fort Island in December 2018. Camera: Michael Morgan. Sound: Kristopher O’Sullivan.
Watch Trailer of Creative Occupation Showcase 10-31 January 2019:
Featured stock images and footage from filming and photography, South Channel Fort Island / Port Phillip Bay -
Civilization’s Entropy, a project by Michael Morgan,
Defence Mechanisms - Projection, a project by Laine Hogarty,
The Island Play (written by Scott Welsh): A Film, a group project produced by Creative Occupation;
Wallpaper Thin, a project by Jennifer McElwee,
Images by Lance Youston,
Images by Zac Schubert-Youston
Flag Process by Ingrid Petterson
Other documentation and compilation - Michael Morgan, Marita Batna.
SHORT DOCUMENTATION FILM (2 min). Creative Occupation Multi-Channeled (Качанка).
A meditative film by Michael Morgan featuring the installation of Creative Occupation's Качанка in Steampacket Gardens at Geelong's spectacular Waterfront on March 2, 2019. It's a hot Saturday in late summer, everything is a bit slow, and seems almost surreal...
SHORT FILM (2 min 50 sec). Civilization’s Entropy (Requiem Ritual), a film by Michael Morgan, 2019
Music: W. A. Mozart - Requiem. Underwater filming: South Channel Fort Island.
“A film created as a visual narrative to explore the connections between nature, evolution and exploitation within rituals.
Rituals measure, gauge and bind society by constructing a framework for cultural connections.
Traditionally – local, but with expanding networks – regional, then national, now international.
Used as a tool by religious and civic leaders to celebrate and connect community, but also to set agendas and reinforce ideology and doctrines dictated from the past to the present.
Rituals are re-interpreted or introduced to justify actions, behaviors, thinking, moral norms and ethical, cultural, intellectual standards.
The “Helmet” acts as an allegory for emotional and physical armor/outer shell for life support in an environment naturally hostile to the unprepared. Protection to defend against hostile environments, organisms or intentions of others.” - Michael Morgan