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hartflicker produced and directed a range of English language education videos for German-based client Spotlight Verlag in early 2010.
A short documentary, The Making of Sons of Matthew (Director Debra Beattie, Producers Beattie and Wendy Rogers & Editor hartflicker's Phoebe Hart) will be screened at the Gallery of Modern Art as part of the 2009 Brisbane International Film Festival on Sunday 2 August at 15:00. The film focuses on the pioneering film directed by Australian film icon Charles Chauvel, and it is based upon the struggles of the O'Reilly family who settled the wild, mountainous rainforest of Mt Lamington, Queensland more than a century ago.
hartflicker presented a retrospective of work at VOL06 of Pecha Kucha Night, Wednesday 25th June 2008 at the Turbine Hall, Brisbane Powerhouse.
hartflicker is now on MySpace.com.
Ever had a range of design furnishings named after you? hartflicker's Phoebe Hart has. Introducing the Phoebe lamp by Peter Harding.
Phoebe Hart, proprietor and agent provocateur of hartflicker, was recently awarded the Clare Burton Scholarship, the funds from which will help to her to undertake a doctoral thesis and creative practice project at QUT. Clare Burton was a extremely interesting woman, who made a major contribution to equity in Australia.
Check out Phoebe Hart's book review of the title Intersex by Catherine Harper and Women's Experimental Cinema edited by Robin Blaetz for M/C Reviews.
hartflicker recently designed a website FOC for the Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group Australia Inc.
"With new technologies, will real women’s bodies be necessary for the future of fashion? And if not, what impacts will this have on fashion, the media industry and women’s health and body image in the future?" hartflicker's Phoebe Hart was among a panel of experts at the Ideas Festival to to examine the question 'Beyond size 0 – is anything real?' on Saturday, 28 March 2009, 6:00 - 7:00pm, State Library of Queensland, Auditorium 2, South Bank Cultural Centre, Brisbane. Some of the audience responses were as follows:
· Interesting presentation.
· I’ve found this issue very controversial and problematic these days. It was really interesting discussion and I think these kind of lectures or programs would help people who have difficulty about their body image and actually would be helpful to most people including both men and women.
· So exciting! I think 1 hour is too short for this content. I hope you organise this kind of session again. Thank you so much.
· Beauty is not one homogenous entity. The session could have been longer for me – maybe 1.5hrs.
· All of the panel’s perspectives on body image issues were very valid.
· Good start into a complex debate.
Back by popular demand, bigger and better than ever, Disco Puppy: Stayin' Alive, which showed initially at the Ipswich Art Gallery from 22 November 2008 to 1 February 2009 and then toured nationally. Interactive videos edited and composited by hartflicker.
Yippee! Nudge's Tale took out top gong in the Tertiary category at the 2008 Riverfestival Liquid Lens digital media competition 31 August. Nudge's Tale is an animated adaptation of Bridgette McKelvey's childrens book of the same name, which was inspired by true story of Nudge, a baby dolphin whose life was imperiled when his tail became caught in a fishing net. Bridgette used photography and childrens literature as a means to educate children about environmental issues. Bridgette worked with Phoebe Hart to produce the film adaptation, and the star of the film is Bridgette's daughter, who narrates Nudge's story. Congratulations to Bridgette, Jemma, Craig and Nudge! Photographer Bridgette McKelvey. Image © Bridgette McKelvey.
In another coup for the documentary, Traje was selected for the Tri-Continental Film Festival to tour India - Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata - from January 21 to February 5, 2006. Being one of 16 documentaries about social justice and human rights issues choosen for the festival makes Traje eligible for the Jury Prize. Initiated in Latin America in 2002, South Africa in 2003 and India in 2004, the TRI Continental Film Festival (3CFF) has become an annual platform for narrative, documentary, feature and short length films in the 3 continents. Traje was also selected to participate in the Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival, November 18 - 22, 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia in the USA and screened at the European Culture Festival, which was part of the European Social Forum 2008 in Malmö, Sweden at 4:00pm on Friday 19 September, 2008 at the Cinema Möllan (Leonard / ex-flower shop), Claesgatan 8.
hartflicker coordinated the Australian leg of the Other Worlds are Breathing 2005 film festival. The festival ran in Brisbane, where it was screened in 10 sessions over three days 2 - 4 March 2006 at The Loft, Creative Industries Precinct, Queensland University of Technology.
Melvin's Disablity - the extraordinary and hillarious story of a man living with 'pipes for arms' - made its small screen debut on MRCTV, Channel 31 Adelaide at 9:30pm on Sunday 10 September 2005. Melvin's Disability was also accepted into the Fake Film Festival at the Adelaide International Film Festival, and was screened on Saturday 26th of February 2005 at 18:45, where it won a Faker Award.
KIDS TV!!! Woohoo! From May until July 2005, and August to September 2006, hartflicker director Phoebe Hart acted as field producer on preschool-age television program New MacDonald's Farm. The program is produced by Pacific and Beyond for the Nine Network. hartflicker also regularly coordinates a number of local content productions for Turner Entertainment Asia's Cartoon Network.
As part of the 2005 Brisbane International Film Festival (27 July - 8 August 2005), hartflicker designed and coordinated two workshops for Cine Sparks - the Australian Film Festival for Young People. The workshops examined the angles various media organisations take in presenting issues to broadcast audiences as news and documentaries.
How do you sing when you can't hear? The answer is that you use sign language. hartflicker volunteered her services to the deaf community at the Woodford Folk Festival working with the AUSLAN Dancing Hands troupe 27/12/05 - 2/1/06. The result was a wonderful, heartwarming video.
hartflicker's recently completed short documentary Shangri-la, which is the story of two masseuses working at the Woodford Folk Festival, appeared as part of the finalist program of the Spirit of Woodford Competition in Queensland, Australia.
The Full Kombi played on ABC nationally as a half hour in 2000 and as an 'uncensored' full hour in 2001. It was one of Phoebe's first Producer credits (as well as one of her first small screen debuts). The Full Kombi follows the exploits of five hardy travellers cruising around Tasmania in a yellow VW kombi van called "Jean". This great website was developed as part of the broadcast (go the Q&A to find out what really happens between Frank and Phoebe!).
hartflicker recently acted as the Australian production unit on a major American feature documentary entitled It/ll Be Better Tomorrow. The documentary is by Michael W. Dean and is about the on the life and death of Hubert Selby Jnr, prolific author of drug epics such as Requiem for a Dream and Last Exit to Brooklyn. hartflicker shot an interview with Aussie author Luke Davies, who penned the heroin-biography Candy. The world premiere of It/ll Be Better Tomorrow was at the 31st Deauville American Film Festival in France on Saturday 3 September 2005.
It/ll Be Better Tomorrow is appearing at the 10th Revelation Film Fest in Perth, Australia on Saturday July 21, 2007 at 1pm at the Luna Cinema, Leederville. Also at the same festival is Michael's film D.I.Y. or DIE: How To Survive As an Independent Artist on Saturday July 21 at 7.30pm, Rev Club at The Bakery, Northbridge.
Ever experienced the ButtMachine? hartflicker edited an earlier version of this video clip by That1Guy (a Woodford Folk Festival favourite) produced by Browndog.
Dumpster Divers and Traje appeared in the Other Worlds are Breathing Film Festival (organised by the Magic Lantern Foundation) in both 2004 and 2005 World Social Forums respectively. Further information about the World Social Forum 2005 in Brazil, where Traje screened, can be found here. And don't forget hartflicker is hosting the Australian leg of the travelling package of the Other Worlds are Breathing film festival!
Polymptics (above) is a series of short satires produced by hartflicker (mostly notably by Bonnie Hart AKA 'Loln') during the lead up to the Australian Federal Election in 2004 and is featured on the Time To Go John anti-Howard website
I generally love promoting the cool things my friends and family do. Take this for instance: a beautiful Magic Mural for your child's bedroom by Symone? Or the craft and beauty of a leather Luisa Clare handbag or belt courtesy of Carla? Go get one today because they are amazing! Equally elegant the superb ceramics of Shannon Garson. Tres belle. Or the musical heights of Alison Blunt violinist extraordinnaire - magnifique!
Mike Craft has directed an outstanding Australian psychological triller entitled Storage that's showing at the 2009 Brisbane International Film Festival on Friday the 31st of July at 8.30pm at the Regent Cinema and then at Blue Room Cinema in Rosalie, Brisbane where it will be playing for two weeks starting the 13th of August followed quickly by world domination. Here's the trailer:
If you are in Germany, check out Stephanie Schmidt's documentary on ARTE Das Glück aus der Dose 14 May 2009. Alarmingly, childhood mental disorders are being diagnosed in ever-increasing numbers nowadays, and particularly in the USA doctors are treating these children with psychoactive pharamacueticals. Worldwide the incidence of children on these mind-altering drugs climbed 250% in the last ten years. Steffi's documentary illuminates the controversy around the use and risks of these medicines.
Fury Productions is a cohort of hartflicker. Veronica Fury, co-produced The Embalmer with Phoebe and Bonnie Hart. The Embalmer (above) screened nationally on ABCTV's George Negus Tonight on 17/12/04. As a team, we learnt a great deal from our talent about the processes of preserving a body post mortem. Her new doc Machete Maidens Unleashed! looks totally rad!
Co-director with hartflicker's Phoebe Hart on the Downunder Grads project is Randall Wood. His documentary Rare Chicken Rescue was on the ABC on Tuesday 6th May, 2008 at 8pm.
Loln is curator of the Venting Gallery and member of noise terrorism band The UnAustralians. Be invincible. Check it out.
Leaves and Lotions is your one-stop shop for beautiful handmade beauty products.
And while you've got your musical ears atuned, check out the smooth sounds of the Trevor Hart Quartet. THQ did the music on a pre-hartflicker short film called A.M., which was made many a moon ago now....
In his book comprehensive and georgous book Gunyah, Goondie & Wurley: The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia, Professor Paul Memmott (esteemed friend of hartflicker) debunks popular notions of early Aboriginal architecture and settlement. Our Place was produced with the assistance of a scholarship administered by the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre which conducts valuable research into Indigenous culture, environments and architecture both in Australia and abroad. Here is Paul interviewed on his spinfex project by ABC's Landline programme.
Friends of hartflicker and protectors of her yogic body, mind and spirit are the crew (Jonathan and Tanya) at the Clayfield Yoga Studio, who also coordinate YogaFest.
The Jago is a well-wicked art space in downtown London.
Lovin' the work of Richard Greenhalgh. Why not sneak a peak at his comedic doco Beyond a Joke?
Sister of hartflicker and Sydney's best-known stylist to the stars is Sophie Hart. I particularly like the Fashion With A Conscience styling that Sophie did for the Salvos. She recently launched Sophie Hart Personal Styling for folks in need of a fashion fixup. If you lurve fashion take a long lingering look at this:
This is amusing and disturbing at the same time. Sophie styled young pop sensations MGMT for their video clip to "Kids", which features Sophie's pooch Biscuit - the brown dog seen half way thru.
Of special interest to hartflicker is the work of James Davidson of James Davidson Architect. James undertook a fascinating and important investigation into contemporary Mayan architecture in Central America.
This is fun: the lads from Twisterbait.... Go Fittie!
Lowkey and Nude are tres chic musical geniuses well worth bending an ear for (hello Mikey and Clare-Bear):
Team Plastique are some weird and wonderful mates of hartflicker. Currently residing in Berlin, TP are an art-band from Brisbane whose crazy antics often include cling wrap, whipped cream and lots and lots of gaffer tape. Check out what I mean here. They were also the subject of a mini-doc that hartflicker produced for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Fly TV.
Another Brisbane artist and 'friend of hartflicker'
well worth checking out is Priscilla
Bracks, a fabulous, funny and sometimes confronting photographer and
visual artist. Her photo essays include the Adventures of Cherry Wang, Baghdad Barbara
and Jihad Jim, among others.
hartflicker supports the Kill Your TV collective. A video clip made by Bonnie Hart for the band Knickers Onassis features on the site and can be downloaded as a quicktime or real time video.
You might wonder how self harm and working out go together. James Jose has a personal training fitness option with an edge. More here.
When in France, hartflicker likes to stay at The Frog's House in St Jeannet. Say hi to Corinne and Benoit from me!
Big thanks go out to Gavin Sade for his amazing help in constructing this website. Gavin is a communications design guru, teacher and researcher. His website Uber.tv is super geil and choc-a-block full of goodies.
And finally, meet the official mascot of hartflicker - Chacho:
