THE NEW WORLD

3-Channel Video, 23 min
2021
 

Staff undergo training in a dystopian gated institution: a sinister-kitsch world of power, punishment and feeling.

 

I created this film after working in a high-security prison, using an imaginary new world to express the most tormenting and human moments I experienced.

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MUSIC BY Zoë Barry + Jed Palmer

DIRECTOR OF PHOTGRAPHY Isaac Carné

SET DESIGN + CONSTRUCTION James Haliburton

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Laura Carthew

EDITORS Sarah Saw + Delaney Murphy

FIRST ASSIST CAM Sophie Townsend

SECOND ASSIST CAM Joaquim Bel

THIRD ASSIST CAM James Morgan

VISUAL EFFECTS Drew Moden,

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ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE Alex Dalmau, Joel Dirt, Andrew Hyuin, Harrison Kewlie, Nick Lekakis, Diane Mattingley, Trevor Mattingley, Arlo McKimm, Phuong Ngo, Madeleine Peters, Roser Pie, Amy Powell, Greg Tantram, Mic Porter + Regina Veililla.

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ACTORS Matthew Borg, Ngatapuna David, Kerri Gannan, Katherine Grinlaw, Laurence Hewson, Joby Houghton, Ratnam Kodali, Sophie Mattingley, Michelle Meilak, Miles Mizzi-Meilak, Jeff O'Toole, Steven Rhall, Axl Taylor, James White, Hugo + Kenzie (the dogs).

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Also supported by the City of Melbourne COVID-19 Arts Grants.