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Projecting Canberra: centenary disPleasure
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Brown, J, Projecting Canberra: centenary disPleasure, The London Film and Media Reader 3, 27-29 June 2013, London, United Kingdom, pp. 1-11. ISBN 978-0-9573631-4-4 (2013) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
Canberra,
seat
of
Australia’s
national
government,
is
celebrating
its
hundredth
birthday
in
2013.
This
occasion
is
all
the
more
notable
for
the
rarity
of
cities
around
the
world
that
can
pinpoint
an
actual
moment
of
birth
in
the
way
that
Canberra
can
as
a
city
that
was
conceptualized,
then
founded
and
named
on
a
particular
date.
The
centenary
birthday
is
being
celebrated
with
a
year-‐long
series
of
festivities,
not
the
least
of
which
is
the
spectacle
of
Enlighten
Canberra,
continuation
of
an
annual
city
festival
of
light
built
around
Canberra
Day
in
March.
This
festival
features
large-‐scale
architectural
projections
onto
iconic
national
buildings
in
the
parliamentary
triangle
on
the
south
side
of
Lake
Burley-‐Griffin.
Each
year,
a
different
selection
of
local
artists
are
given
the
opportunity
to
collaborate
with
one
of
Australia’s
pre-‐eminent
large-‐scale
projection
design
teams,
The
Electric
Canvas.
Reflections
on
these
collaborations
and
the
way
in
which
they
are
inexorably
drawn
into
the
politics
of
art
as
spectacle
is
the
focus
of
this
paper
and
photographic
essay.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Non Refereed Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | architecture, projection, sound art |
| Research Division: | Studies in Creative Arts and Writing |
| Research Group: | Film, Television and Digital Media |
| Research Field: | Electronic Media Art |
| Objective Division: | Cultural Understanding |
| Objective Group: | Communication |
| Objective Field: | Visual Communication |
| Author: | Brown, J (Dr Jennifer Brown) |
| ID Code: | 88856 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Deposited By: | Architecture |
| Deposited On: | 2014-02-19 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-02-19 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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