Posts by evecogan
Dada News
How much faith do you have in facts? This experimental video artwork, Dada News, invites audiences to question modern news media. The work is bookended by a man in front of a screen – a pastiche of Nam June Paik’s TV Buddha, engaging similar questions about enlightenment in a modern age of technology and media…Read More
Women, Warfare and Whispers in the Wind
Babak Anvari’s Under the Shadow (2016) Babak Anvari’s debut feature film Under the Shadow (2016) is a spine-chilling allegory of the 1980s Iran-Iraq War, which powerfully adds nuance to the ways women are represented on global screens. Anvari initially faced resistance when he pitched this Farsi-language script, set in Tehran during the War of the…Read More
‘Gov 2.0’ on the Rise: How this Beachside Community is Adjusting
Coogee local, Delia Harrington, used to complain to herself when she noticed an overflowing bin at the beach. Now, she reaches for her phone and opens an app. “It’s an empowering idea – just snapping a photo, sending it through to Randwick Council, and getting a notification when it’s solved.” Delia’s local Council is becoming…Read More
Homage to the Hall of Mirrors
Eve Cogan’s iterative experimentation with media arts, exploring modern news media. Homage to Hugo Ball’s Dada Manifesto (and his daughter Rosa Menkman) This video experimentation draws from Dadaist Hugo Ball and the glitch artist Rosa Menkman, who works in his legacy. I have “hacked” renowned online news organisations to change their authors and intersperse the…Read More
Hong Kong’s Post-Colonial Identity through Cinema
Almost everyone has enjoyed a kung fu movie, and the films of Bruce Lee are often considered classics, but studying global cinema has made me realise there are more to these thrilling actions than meets the eye. Films can give rich insight into places and identities, and I really enjoyed discovering this through a close…Read More
Cinematographer’s Reflection: Recreating The Haunting of Hill House
A cinematographer may obsess over the most subtle differences of light, colour and framing, but their work has a massively defining impact on films. I came to appreciate this working as the cinematographer on a short university reproduction of the Netflix horror series The Haunting of Hill House. Working through the pre-production, shoot and post-production process…Read More
Plastic to Wool: an Australian Woman’s Packaging Revolution
Audio Transcript Upturning the global packaging industry with a sustainable solution may seem like an impossible task, but for Australian entrepreneur Joanne Howarth, it’s just a part of her defiant way of life. Howarth is one of the 2020 Cartier Women’s Initiative seven winners. She has received this global honour for founding Planet Protector Packaging…Read More
ABC’s Mystery Road: an Engaging Depiction of Aboriginal Identity in Contemporary Australia
I found myself checking flight prices from Sydney to Western Australia after watching ABC’s new outback drama series Mystery Road. I wanted to fly right into the rich culture and brutally beautiful landscape captured on screen. The series reinvigorated the western genre, adding contemporary Indigenous Australian perspectives and the breathtaking desert-meets-ocean setting. This collaboration of…Read More
Cyber Security Threat: Australian Health at Risk
Global technology experts warn of growing cybercrime as the Australian health sector faces attack. “It feels like someone broke into my home, and even though the locks have been changed, it still somehow feels dirty.” Sami Laiho was a victim of the 2020 cyberattack on the Finnish psychotherapy company, Vastaamo. His data, including transcripts from…Read More
2020: A Crash Course in Abandoning Expectations
Looking back on 2020, my expectations for the year reminded me of a Renaissance landscape painting: perfectly planned realism, somewhat predictable but undeniably beautiful. The reality of this pandemic year has been more like an abstract portrait: pushing the boundaries of reality, unexpected, somewhat confronting but holding a beauty of it’s own. My Renaissance landscape…Read More