Louise Curham – artist, researcher, archivist.
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Two Screen film
This was one of the first hand made super 8 films I completed. It was used in performances from 2005 for about ten years. It changed and evolved as the film was destroyed. It was part of several NowNow events and some SoundOut events.
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(Wo)Man With Mirror, a project ongoing since 2009
This has been a really important project for Teaching and Learning Cinema, that’s me and my dear friend Lucas Ihlein. A big benefit has been our friendship with Guy Sherwin and Lynn Loo that has evolved from this work and time spent with Laura Hindmarsh in 2016 using the manual. The work is ongoing ……
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NowNow festivals 2006-7; 2009
Performances using super 8 projectors and super 8 film at this annual festival in Sydney involving improvising musicians.
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Propositions and Game Plans, a group show in the Melbourne Arts Festival 2008
Curham was part of an exhibition curated by David Young as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival. Works included watercolours and digital prints from the film frames.
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Waiting To Turn Into Puzzles
This was an extraordinary performance featuring a film, a score made from the film, an amazing composition and incredible musicians. Composer David Young and I both love Georges Perec and this work drew inspiration from Life a User’s Manual and it used a lot of the footage I created during my residency at BankArt 1929…
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Conimbla
A super8 and 16mm film shot in western New South Wales in Conimbla National Park used for the performance Val Camonica Pieces 2007 and as a stand alone film with audio from that work for a film in 2009.
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Old Things Are New Again, an exhibition at BankART 1929, Yokohama
An exhibition of film and installation in Yokohama in 2007
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Long Film for Ambient Light, a re-enactment as resident artists at Performance Space, Sydney 2007
Curham, L & Ihlein, M. (2007). Re-enactment of ‘Long Film for Ambient Light’ [installation]. Sydney: Performance Space As part of residency at Performance Space. In 2007 Teaching and Learning Cinema (Lucas Ihlein and me) restaged/re-enacted/ re-did Anthony McCall’s piece from 1975 at Performance Space at Carriageworks – TLC website has all the details here
