We would like to invite you to come on board as a supporter of ‘The Human Locomotion Project’ by making a tax deductible donation to the Australia Cultural Fund, operated by the Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF).
How does it work?
The Australia Cultural Fund was established to encourage people to donate to the arts and to enable artists to benefit from this generosity. All donations are made to the Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) which then considers donor preferences when allocating grants. In the past six years more than $6 million has been donated to AbaF and granted in full to more than 300 artists and cultural organisations – it is a great program for projects like ours. So, by making a donation you not only get to support a really exciting project that promises to exploit the 4D potential of photography, dance, and the moving image, but you also get a tax deductible receipt for your gift! Brilliant.
You can download the donation form here: Donations Form PDF, which includes instructions for posting your donation to AbaF. Or if that sounds too tricky, email a request for the paperwork to be mailed to you – couldn’t be easier, right?
You can also go to the AbaF website for more information www.abaf.org.au/donate
Thanks to Arts SA for their project development funding
Human Locomotion Project
What is the project all about?The Human Locomotion Project is an exploration of human movement based loosely on the famous Animal Locomotion Project, a scientific study of movement by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1880’s. In this creative development we will be developing the skills, infrastructure and techniques to ultimately create a sophisticated and evocative dance-based moving image exhibition at Obscura Gallery, Melbourne in 2012.This project is both a technically progressive exploration of 4 dimensional movement (space & time) and a creative curiosity about how dance could bring to life Muybridge’s subjects in a contemporary world. Muybridge’s innovations in photography and early cinema included techniques such as multiple camera capture of various ‘movement vignettes’ by his subjects, shot against an anthropometric grid. Contemporary dancers Lisa Griffiths & Adam Synnott will create new movement using key vignettes from Muybridge’s movement studies as anchor points. Carol Wellman Kelly will assist to blend these vignettes into an exciting arrangement of compositions for a 3D capture. Moving image artist Sam Oster will shoot a combination of timelapse, video and ‘bullet time’ using an array of 15-20 digital cameras. We will also be working with an anthropometric scanner at Uni SA (cool)! We are interested in using modern technologies and contemporary digital innovations to create an intimacy with nuances in the movement, and to find a bridge between innovation and poetry for a meaningful viewer experience.
You can find out more about the project on AbaF’s project listing (http://www.abaf.org.au/donors/artist-projects/sam-oster.html)
Want to help develop a 4D exploration of movement?
Thanks for reading all this and considering how you could support us (within your means of course).
How can you help?
Examples of how your donations could be utilised:
• $30 plus would support cables and equipment for the camera array
• $100 plus would contribute to camera and lens hire; we require between 15 and 25 cameras to create the orbital viewpoint (each camera and lens costs $430 per week – yikes!)
• $500 plus would contribute to purchasing specialist software (licensed per camera in the array) and hardware for the camera array synchronization
• $1,000 plus would contribute to the construction of a 180 degree anthropometric set and a specialist platform for securing the camera array.
Most of the infrastructure and equipment costs are, once established, able to provide the structural foundation for the final works to be created for exhibition in 2012. It is very exciting and we look forward to the opportunity to continue to develop this project and for it to achieve it’s creative potential.
• $30 plus would support cables and equipment for the camera array
• $100 plus would contribute to camera and lens hire; we require between 15 and 25 cameras to create the orbital viewpoint (each camera and lens costs $430 per week – yikes!)
• $500 plus would contribute to purchasing specialist software (licensed per camera in the array) and hardware for the camera array synchronization
• $1,000 plus would contribute to the construction of a 180 degree anthropometric set and a specialist platform for securing the camera array.
Most of the infrastructure and equipment costs are, once established, able to provide the structural foundation for the final works to be created for exhibition in 2012. It is very exciting and we look forward to the opportunity to continue to develop this project and for it to achieve it’s creative potential.
What do you get in return?
Well, the sheer joy and sense of wellbeing that accompanies any endorsement of the things you believe in. You also get a tax deductible receipt (brilliant!) and recognition on our supporters board (displayed proudly on our project website and blog, as well as at project – related events (forums, screenings, parties). And our gratitude for believing in us.
Questions?
Please call Sam on 0414 939768 to chat about it. Or email sam@silvertrace.com.
Questions?
Please call Sam on 0414 939768 to chat about it. Or email sam@silvertrace.com.
The project starts in October this year, so if you are considering supportig us, please make your donation by September 15 to help us plan and budget. Thanks!
Sam, Lisa, Adam & Carol