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Abstract
Film #2 in The Archival Futures of Outer Space Quartet.
Musca is an experimental short film that explores the shifting history of the tiny constellation Musca in the southern celestial hemisphere. Created in response to an original piece of music written by acclaimed Estonian composer Urmas Sisask as part of his Starry Sky Cycle, Musca was commissioned by Australian Artistic Director Michael Sollis for Southern Sky, a multi-arts project that reinterprets this music across art forms (digital, visual and performing arts). The score is an arrangement of Sisask’s music and was performed by the Griffyn Ensemble.
Musca combines still images (such as star charts, planispheres, and the first photographic images of stars ever taken in Australia) with archival fragments of early science films (representing flies and bees) and poetry by writer and space environmentalist Ceridwen Dovey.
Musca is a production of the Archival Futures Collective. It was executive produced by Michael Sollis, with additional support from the Estonian Cultural Foundation in Australia.
Finalist in the 2023 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize
Musca is an experimental short film that explores the shifting history of the tiny constellation Musca in the southern celestial hemisphere. Created in response to an original piece of music written by acclaimed Estonian composer Urmas Sisask as part of his Starry Sky Cycle, Musca was commissioned by Australian Artistic Director Michael Sollis for Southern Sky, a multi-arts project that reinterprets this music across art forms (digital, visual and performing arts). The score is an arrangement of Sisask’s music and was performed by the Griffyn Ensemble.
Musca combines still images (such as star charts, planispheres, and the first photographic images of stars ever taken in Australia) with archival fragments of early science films (representing flies and bees) and poetry by writer and space environmentalist Ceridwen Dovey.
Musca is a production of the Archival Futures Collective. It was executive produced by Michael Sollis, with additional support from the Estonian Cultural Foundation in Australia.
Finalist in the 2023 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize
| Original language | English |
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| Media of output | Film |
| Size | 5 mins |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Screenings of The Archival Futures of Outer Space Film Quartet (by Rowena Potts & Ceridwen Dovey) | ARCHIVE AD ASTRA exhibition (curated by Adryon Kozel) | University College London (UCL) Anthropology Department | London, UK
Ceridwen Dovey (Invited speaker) & Rowena Potts (Invited speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Invited screening of The Archival Futures of Outer Space Quartet | The Street Theatre (Canberra) | Curated by ANU College of Arts & Science
Ceridwen Dovey (Keynote speaker) & Rowena Potts (Keynote speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Co-Founder of the Archival Futures Collective
Ceridwen Dovey (Participant) & Rowena Potts (Participant)
2023Activity: Other
Research output
- 3 Digital or Visual products
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Memorabilia
Dovey, C. & Potts, R., 2023Research output: Non-traditional research output › Digital or Visual products