CRITICAL
OVERVIEW:
Moira Joseph has a photographer's
vision and many of her films, such as Motorcycle Ride (1991,
3 mins), Pearl (1994, 7 mins) and Brian's Body (1996,
8 mins), can be compared to extended snapshots and illusions of
time. Often there is an element of dreamlike fantasy, as in Open
Your Eyes (1994, 3 mins), A Moment in Time (1998, 5
mins) and By the Sea (2001, 2 mins). The "Black/Red" experimental
doco series (1993-2000) captures various topical issues in which
Melbournians took to the streets to protest. These films appear
as a kaleidoscope of hand processed and colored techniques gelling
together like a "patchwork quilt" as one critic described. (Steven
Ball, Cantrills Filmnotes, see below.) Music and sound
play an important part in creating the ambience in all of Moira's
films.
See also
Quotes from articles on Moira
Joseph.
FILMOGRAPHY:
Pier Walk
(1991, 3 mins, Super 8)
Motorcycle
Ride (1991, 3 mins, Super 8)
Chase
(1991, 3 mins, Super 8)
City Walk
(1992, 3 mins, Super 8)
The Things
I Can Do With My Toes (1993, 3 mins, Super 8)
Black
Monday (1993, 10 mins, Super 8)
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The
Things I Can Do With My Toes
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Paws
(1993, 3 mins, Super 8)
Moomba
(1994, 4 mins, Super 8)
Pearl
(1994, 17 mins, 16mm)
Open Your
Eyes (1994, 3 mins, Super 8)
Mad Mouse
(1995, 2 mins, Super 8)
Ten Days
Without You (1995, 7 mins, Super 8)
Brian's
Body (1996, 8 mins, 16mm)
When the
Kitchen Floor Collapsed (1996, 3 mins, Super 8)
A Moment
in Time (1998, 5 mins, Super 8)
Postcodes
- St.Kilda and East Malvern (1998, 7 mins, Super 8)
Tiger
(1998, 14 mins, Super 8)
Black
Wednesday (1998, 8 mins, Super 8)
The Light
(1999, 3 mins, 16mm)
Black
Thursday (1999, 8 mins, Super 8)
Phoenix
Park (1999, 18 mins, Super 8)
Red Friday
(2000, 3 mins, Super 8)
What Do
You Want From My Life? (2000, 5 mins 30 secs, Super 8)
By the
Sea (2001, 2 mins, Super 8)
No War
(2003, 12 mins, Super 8)
Family Faces (2007, 5 mins, Super 8)
made in conjunction with Hot Arts for Cool Kids, Frankston Arts Centre
AFC Funded Films -
Pearl,
1994
Brian's
Body, 1996
Screenings
on Eat Carpet, SBS-TV -
The
Things I Can Do With My Toes, 1993
Brian's
Body, 1996
By
the Sea, 2001
Screenings
At Major Festivals/Events Include -
Melbourne
International Film Festival
St.
Kilda Film Festival
Certamon
Festival, Spain
International
Film festival, Taiwan
Texture
of the Gesture, San Francisco
VIVA
Festival, London
Domestic
Disturbances, National Gallery, Victoria
Experimenta,
Victoria
Melbourne
Queer Film and Video Festival
Mardi
Gras Festival, Sydney
New
York Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, New York
Outfest,
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Underground Film Festival
Pittsburgh
Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Ann
Arbor International Film Festival
Celluloid
Soup Film Festival, Melbourne
Brisbane
International Film Festival
Bathurst
International Film Festival
SELECT
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
"The Films
of Moira Joseph" by Steven Ball, Cantrills Filmnotes, Oct.
1993.
"Moire &
More" by Jim Bridges, Melbourne Super 8 Film Group Newsletter,
Sept. 1994.
"Blink of
an Eyelid", Prahran/Malvern Leader, Sept. 1994.
"Big Shots,
Short Films", Southern Cross, April 1995.
"Super 8",
The Sunday Age, July 1995.
"On Location",
Southern Cross, June 1996.
"Positive
Approach", Malvern/Prahran Leader, Dec. 1996.
"Animated
Sandwich", Victorian School News, Dec. 1996.
"Life, Monsters..",
Emerald Hill Times, Dec. 1997.
"Young Filmmakers",
Caulfield Leader, Jan. 1998.
"Super Film",
The Age: EG, Sept. 1998.
"Phoenix
Rises", Southern Cross, April 1999.
"Film are
a Dream Come True" by Katrina McGrath, Caulfield Leader,
June 2001.
Quotes
from articles on Moira Joseph
©
Moira Joseph, May 2008
Contact
Moira Joseph
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