CRITICAL
OVERVIEW:
"Film transposes intimate notions
of action and abstraction, expanding the language of the live stage
whilst able to engage as an independent aesthetic." C Linou
Linou is
interested in the intimate boundaries of private and public space
and examines parodies of human behaviour under the skin of our
personal representation of self in public space.
Linou’s films
reflect a curiosity with choreographed action wether it’s the
body of objects, landscape or architecture. His films have a quality
which engage the viewer through their rhythmic quality and punctuation
of image juxtaposing theme and sound. He uses film for the stage
to suspend the body in a parody of aesthetic abstraction and audience
entertainment.
His films
for theatre have a distinct animated and percussive sensibility
and are seen as language and narrative to his live performance
which uses a dynamic sense of action for recording imagery and
projecting light.
The political
and social context of his films references issues through a comic
construct of the everyday, whereas his documentaries and art gallery
installations are an accurate recording of the given time.
FILMOGRAPHY:
Hula
Who
- documentary (1995, 4 mins, Super 8)
Epifani
- documentary (1995, 3 mins, Super 8)
Isabella’s
Birthday - documentary (1996, 3 mins, Super 8)
Cartoons
- animation (1996, 5 mins, Super 8)
Bordering
on Dance - documentary (1996, 9 mins, Super 8)
Swinging
Babies - animation (1997, 5 mins, Super 8)
A Troll
Day Out - animation (1997, 3 mins, Super 8)
2d/Shad
- dance on film (1997, 6 mins, Super 8)
The Hungry
Sun - animation (1998, 4 mins, Super 8)
Interview
- documentary (1998, 45 mins, DV)
Footage
- dance on film (1998, 9 mins, Super 8)
Zoe
- documentary (1998, 9 mins, Super 8)
Dividing
Link - dance on film (1998, 4 mins, Super 8)
In Between
- experimental (1998, 5 mins, Super 8)
Fiddle
De Die - dance on film (1998, 3 mins, Super 8)
A Holy
Cleansing - animation (1998, 3 mins, Super 8)
Solvent
- experimental (1999, 10 mins, Super 8)
Resonance
- dance on film (2000, 8 mins, Super 8)
I Awkwardly
- dance on film (2000, 8 mins, Super 8)
Brass
Bed Video Film Cilp - (2001, 3 mins, Super 8)
Thriving
- dance on film (2001, 2 mins, DV)
Siren
- dance on film (2001, 3 mins, Super 8)
Falling
- dance on film (2001, 3 mins, Super 8)
iRice
Fish in Detention, Customs, Ricevasion, Vox POP
- documentary (2006, 34 mins, DV)
Donkey
doh - animation (2007, 45 secs, DV Youtube)
Crunch
- dance on film (2007, 30 secs, DV Youtube)
Crunher
- dance on film (2007, 40 secs, DV Youtube)
Crunching
- dance on film (2007, 45 secs, DV Youtube)
Crunched
- dance on film (2007, 35 secs, DV Youtube)
Flamin’
Kitchens - documentary (2008, 75 mins, DV)
LIVE THEATRE AND FILM
Sultana
(1996, 35 mins, VHS and video feed) Melbourne, Hobart & Sydney
Fiddle
De Die (1998, 40 mins, Super 8 ) Melbourne, Hobart & Sydney
Act of
Trespass (2002, 5 mins.30 secs, DV) Melbourne and Adelaide
Act of
Body Disqualification (2002, 24 mins, DV & Super 8) West
Space
Act of
Being Inside Out (2002, 15 mins, Duel Screen DV)
Act of
Refusing to Dance (2003, 25 mins, DV) Melbourne International
Arts Festival
Amphibitos
(2005, 45 mins, Super 8 & DV) Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart
& Singapore
SCREENINGS:
Melbourne
Super-8 Film Group (1995 – 99)
Naked
8 (9th Super 8 film Festival Melbourne 1996
Compound
Eye - Experimenta Arts Festival Melbourne 1996
Super
8 Kiosk in Darwin 1997
The
Enigma Underground Film Festival - Ballarat 1997
Some
Bodies - Green Mill Dance Festival Melbourne 1997
Antistatic
- Performance Space Sydney 1997
Archive
of Enigma Melbourne 1998
Dance
Lumiere Dancehouse Melbourne 1997 – 99
At
the Sun Melbourne 1999
10th
Melb Super 8 Film festival 1999
Ultraprojections
1, 2, & 3 Melbourne (1999 - 2001)
Veg-In
Artshouse Melbourne 2000
Hip
Sync dance film screening. Melbourne. 2001
Melbourne
Underground Film Festival 2001
Moving
Image. SALA Arts Festival. Adelaide. 2002
Dance
Flicks. Dancehouse. Melbourne. 2005
Singapore
Fringe Festival. 2006
Reel
to Reel Dance Film Festival. Melbourne. 2006
Eco
– Screen CERES Melbourne 2007
YouTube
site "LeakingPictures" (2007 - 08)
Also: various
screenings in Taiwan, Amsterdam and Canada
SELECT
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
"Well
constructed performances"
by Fiona Scott Norman. In Press Aug 1989
"And
now for something different" by Libby Sutherland. The
Mercury Sep 1990
"Even
the old sink" by Brian Hoad. The Bulletin Feb
1992
"All
angles and intensity Linou does more than dance" by Shirley
Apthorp. The Mercury Oct 1993
"Devising
with a difference" by Shirley Apthorp. Dance Australia
1994
"Home
is where the arts is" by Deborah Jones. The Australian
Magazine Jan 1994
Cover page
and article about my work. Cantrills Filmnotes nos 85,86
. 1995
"In
this dance the body works , the audience works" by Robyn
Grove. The Age Nov 1996
"Test
of Time" by Zsuzsana Soboslay. Real Time Nov 1998
AFI Listings
of short films 1998
"Feature
article" by Jonathon Marshal Kineses Oct 1999
"One
foot in front of the other" by Vicki Aristidopoulos.
Neos Kosmos Jan 1999
"Reality
bites" by Arthur Bourinaris. The Hellenic Vibe
Feb 1999
"The
trouble here is finding the art" by Jill Sykes. The
Sydney Morning Herald Sep 1999
"Inside
the dancer in the heart of the eye" by Erin Brannigan.
Real Time March 2000
"Stepping
over the Line" by Suzanne Brown. The Age March
2000
In repertoire
a guide to Australian contemporary dance. Australia Council
for the Arts 2000
"A
season of explorations" by Rick Rutjens. In Press
March 2001
"Choral
complicity; music & power" by Sue Moss. Real Time
2002
"Civic
interventions, aesthetic protest" by Philipa Rothfield.
Real Time March 2003
In repertoire
a guide to Australian contemporary dance. Australia Council
for the Arts 2003
"Uneasy
world in sharp focus" by Wal Eastman. The Mercury
2004
"Fusion
and then confusion" by June Cheong. The Singapore
Straits Times March 2006
"The
return of the King" by Em Weekes. The Age Nov
2007
Contact
Christos Linou
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