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Wisteria Hysteria, 2018

Laura Bull

Video time lapse work, 2 minutes 23 seconds

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Ideally I would like to exhibit this as a temporal installation, with the pods being heated in the space to the point of popping. Alternatively, I’d have this video work playing on repeat onto a wall or the floor, and with a post-popping installation of it nearby on the ground or a plinth. In this scenario the video work could even be played on top of the popped seed pods. I would also like to have the technical ability to film the pods from further away, thus one would see a circle of pods changing and twisting at random.

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GIVE ME A HOME UNDER THE FLIGHT PATH, 2018

Laura Bull

Video work, 1 minute 57 seconds

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Influence: Pipilotti Rist

Rist’s comical cover of Wicked Game from 1995 is proving to be influential for my decision to try to record part of a cover of a song for my final project.

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Sydenham Green & Tempe: Documentation

Details and contextual photographs shot on location. 

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Wisteria Hysteria: After

Some close up documentation of the aftermath of the installation.

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Wisteria Hysteria: After (Tripod)

Photographs taken during the session of the vantage point of the camera set up on the tripod for the time lapse.

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Pods #2: Slow motion cracks

Experimenting with isolating the most exciting moments of the time lapse, in order to create excitement. Will fiddle around with splitting audio and extending it to avoid gaps in the overall film.

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Wisteria Hysteria: Time stamp notes

Trying to track from 9pm-3am what was going on with the pods. Definitely will attempt during daylight hours if i continue this in the future too.

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Pods #1: Time Lapse (5 hours)

The entire length of [basically unedited] footage I have taken sped up for effect. I am a little annoyed at the slight moves that take place due to changing over SD cards and batteries, so I’ll try to reduce them for my final edit.

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Wisteria Hysteria: Before

Documentation of the installation before the pods were exposed to any heat.

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#5 Tempe: Safe Travels

Filmed on the edge of the runway perimeter in Tempe. Short and sillier experiment treating the planes as friendly - “enjoy your flight”! Almost got hit by a truck during the filming of this by accidentally stepping out onto the road to the storage container yard (oops), but of course the camera shut off (such has been the luck of the day).

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#4 Sydenham: Home under the Gum trees

Trying to get some footage of Home under the gum trees with aircraft noise. Naturally during this sitting, a large couple of planes took off before filming, and once filming began, all planes taking off curved off to the right, thus avoiding flying over my head and into shot! It also felt much better playing around with a D7000 and a tripod instead of handheld phone this time. Headed off to Tempe after this attempt at shooting (most of which was garb, there were the most useful bits) to try to catch heaven forbid, an actual plane, on camera.

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Wisteria Hysteria: Setting up

Sorting, arranging and figuring out logistics. The ladder was going to be too hard to create a stable set up for so I opted for the tripod set up. Also opted for the larger surface area of the mattress as opposed to the smaller couch seat, more to work with. Thanks to Arthur for his assistance, as well as Tom, Sean & Charlotte for letting me take over their lounge room at Stanmore for this piece.

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Sydenham Green: Documentation

Measuring the decibels of a plane going over, and figuring out angles and locations for filming. The grassy knoll was more suited with the precise location of the planes flight path compared to the homage to the houses which was a little more off to the side and in shade (maybe will try the morning at peak time?).

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Circles: Andy McGregor

Thinking about the arrangement of my wisteria pods (will probably go with the flow and do something simple), I was struck by the hypnotic repetition of Andy McGregor at Vivid’s Mad Racket 2018 event at the Opera House. McGregor’s graphics were used in conjunction with the tunes of Scottish DJ, Lord of the Isles. I might go closer up on the pods for more detailed effect, as I worry I’ll lose that if I zoom out too far and have the whole circle in shot.

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#3 Sydenham: Talking & Music + Planes

Looking at speaking normally, and trialling a couple of songs. Especially considering the implication that people who arrive on planes have arrived the ‘right’ way, thus Consider Yourself from Oliver! seemed an appropriate song choice. Also realised that the planes are landing not taking off, so John Denver doesn’t quite fit as perfectly.

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#2 Sydenham: Shouting at Plane

Laura + megaphone (which I forgot to turn on first few takes - ha!). It has some humorous, ludicrous effect I’m liking the feel of, despite the awkwardness of carrying out such an act in a public park scattered with people (not too many, but still).