1st May - 22nd May 2011, Federation Square - The Big Screen
The Long and the Short of it was a photoessay exhibtion which ran through out May in 2011 at Federation Square. We had many essays submitted from around the world and a panel of judges selected 12 finalist to be exhibited. The project was very successful and we are considering running it annually and possibly tour the project to other screen galleries around Australia or around the world. If you are interested in participating as an artist or a venue please contact us via mail@stripbillboard.com - The loops which were exhibited in 2011 are below.
Week 1 - 1 May – 7 May
Rodney Dekker (Australia) - Land Is Life
Dave Tacon (Australia) - Santos, Sierra Leone
Morganna Magee (Australia) - Tyler
Anthony Kitchner (UK) - G20
Week 2 - 8 May – 15 May
Day Time Loop (G)
Kevin Cooper (Australia) - MR MOT DOUK ....Cambodia
Mohammad Rakin Hassan (Sri Lanka) - Climate Genocide
Chris Koller (Australia) - Spot of Bother
Zaan Huizhen Huang (Singapore) – Glue
Night Time Loop (M)
Chris Hopkins (Australia) - The Kill Floor
Mohammad Rakin Hassan (Sri Lanka) - Climate Genocide
Chris Koller (Australia) - Spot of Bother
Zaan Huizhen Huang (Singapore) – Glue
Week 3 - 16 May – 22 May
Roman Kutzowitz (Germany) - Burma Dissonant
Melenie Faith Dove (Australia) - Skipton Floods
David Dare Parker (Australia) - Bangkok Crackdown
Lucy Di Paolo (Australia) - Fragile Black Heart
Due to the high number and excellent quality of the submissions, we decided to have an online exhibition which ran in conjunction with the Screening at Federation Square.
We would like to thank Federation Square for their assistance in making this project possible.
We would like to thank the judges who assisted in the selection for the final exhibition.
Bruce Postel
Bruce Postle is a multi-award-winning photojournalist. In a career spanning five decades, he started at Queensland Country Life, moved to the Brisbane Courier Mail then the Melbourne Age, where he remained until 1996. He has caught on film some of the most significant moments in Australian life during the second half of the 20th century and early 21st century. His photographs form an important contribution to the illustrative record of the nation’ s social, political and sporting history.
His images have been shown in some 20 exhibitions and are represented in numerous national collections, including the National Sport Museum (MCG/Melbourne), Australian Racing Museum (Melbourne), National Portrait Gallery (Canberra), Museum of Australian Democracy (MOAD/Canberra), National Library of Australia (Canberra) and Monash Gallery of Art (Melbourne). From the artistic to the artless, from prime ministers to the homeless, Bruce has captured significant moments in people’ s lives. Some, such as the unforgettable image of horseracing trainer Tommy Woodcock and his stallion Reckless on the eve of the 1977 Melbourne Cup, have been elevated to icon status.
Bruce was inducted into the MCG Media Hall of Fame in 1996 in recognition of his contribution as a Photographer to Sport. In 2007 he was awarded a Quill Lifetime Achievement Award by the Melbourne Press Club. His third book, The Image Maker, a 400-page retrospective of his life as a press photographer, illustrated with over 450 photographs, will be published in June 2011.
Naomi Cass
Curator and writer, Naomi Cass has worked in the fields of contemporary art, craft, design and music since completing her honours degree at the University of Melbourne. Naomi is Director of Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Now in its 24th year, CCP is one of Australia’s premier venues for the exhibition of contemporary photo based arts, providing a context for the enjoyment, understanding and appraisal of contemporary practice.
As curator her exhibitions include Fears and Scruples (University Gallery, University of Melbourne); Material Treasures (Jewish Museum of Australia); Hamish (homely) (Jewish Museum of Australia); MaleORDER: Addressing Menswear (Ian Potter Museum of Art); Seeing Red (Ian Potter Museum of Art) and Tilia Europaea (Linden - St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts). In her work with the Grainger Museum she produced two programs of contemporary art and music for the Melbourne International Festival. Her most recent exhibition is the major survey of Simryn Gill’s photography, Simryn Gill: Inland, presented by CCP as part of the 2009 Melbourne International Arts Festival touring throughout Victoria with NETS Victoria.
Naomi has been on the jury of a wide range of awards, including CCPs Kodak Salon; CCP’s Documentary Photography Award; Contemporar 5 Art Prize; Linden Postcard Show; National Photographic Portrait Prize and the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award. In 2011 she will judge the Olive Cotton Award, Tweed River Art Gallery.
Selina Ou
Selina is a photographer based in Melbourne. She is represented by GRANTPIRRIE Gallery in Sydney and Sophie Gannon Gallery in Melbourne. Selina is currently a studio artist at Gertrude Contemporary in Melbourne. She has exhibited widely both in Australia and round the world. In 2011 she will be taking up an Australia Council studio residency for three months in New York.
