John Willsteed
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View article: Your water, my water
Your water, my water Open
Music for an episode of ABC television series Compass. Your Water, My Water, which follows Aileen Harrison, a retired farmer living on the rich plains of the Darling Downs in Southern Queensland as she fights to stop a coalmine that threat…
View article: Scott Walker has gone but his voice will drift with us into the twilight
Scott Walker has gone but his voice will drift with us into the twilight Open
A commissioned reflection on the life and legacy of Scott Walker, acclaimed singer/songwriter. "In Sydney in the very early 90s, my buddy Roger and I wanted to start a kind of acoustic ensemble. We were in a swooning, noisy, melodic guitar…
View article: That's really something
That's really something Open
That's Really Something was a one-off performance that contextualized the posters reproduced in the Not Like Yesterday exhibition. It encompassed live musical elements, projected photographs, super8s and other ephemera: a curated media-ric…
View article: The Paul O'Brien Collection 1970-1987
The Paul O'Brien Collection 1970-1987 Open
The research and production of a finding aid for 900 photographs donated to the State Library of Queensland by Paul O'Brien, documenting Brisbane's punk music scene.
View article: Rogue archives: digital cultural memory and media fandom
Rogue archives: digital cultural memory and media fandom Open
It’s like opening the door of the Tardis: the inside is bigger, wilder and more full of stories than you would have thought. Abigail De Kosnik’s Rogue Archives cracks into a fascinating and richly ...
View article: Strangers, immigrants and bandits: Activating recent sub-cultures
Strangers, immigrants and bandits: Activating recent sub-cultures Open
Recent sub-cultural history shares its custody between institutions and private collectors. Using the model of the Brisbane punk and post-punk scene and the author’s connection to this scene and its multitude of tailings, new ways of gathe…
View article: The go-betweens: Right here
The go-betweens: Right here Open
The Go-Betweens : Right Here is the feature length documentary about the people who created the seminal rock band the Go-Betweens. It is a heartfelt story of discovery, uncovering the intensely passionate, creative and fraught relationship…
View article: Streetlife: Posters and their role in the Brisbane music scene 1975 - 1995
Streetlife: Posters and their role in the Brisbane music scene 1975 - 1995 Open
They stared out from lounge-room walls, and fridges; from telegraph poles and shop windows. They were devised in daylight and the dark, on photocopiers and kitchen tables, and printed by hand for free or by some inky guy for money. Posters…
View article: Where the action isn't, that's where it is
Where the action isn't, that's where it is Open
Contribution to ARI Remix. ARI remix is a three-year digital humanities, artist interviews and oral history project collecting and presenting memories of Australian Artist-run culture in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capit…
View article: Fast forward to the end: Stories of the cassette magazine
Fast forward to the end: Stories of the cassette magazine Open
Although they made up a significant share of the retail music market from the 60s to the 90s, and were often used as promotional and marketing tools, cassettes became re-configured in the 80s as an integral component of cassette magazines.…
View article: It's not the heat, it's the humidity
It's not the heat, it's the humidity Open
The performance aspect of a PhD thesis. In 1976, The Saints released “I’m Stranded” and Brisbane was suddenly on the map. People starting talking about Brisbane bands in the same way they had talked about Liverpool bands or would talk abou…