Weekly Studio journal entries, also published to WordPress
When we talk about the uncanniness created by this aesthetic, what are we actually talking about? And when we try to create this feeling ourselves, why do we so often fin…
2026-09-28The Brick That Wanted to Leave the Wall When I first received this task, I began by thinking about the different things a brick could be used for. It could become a doors…
2026-09-21Did I Really See Pepsi? During Jenny Robinson’s presentation, there was one brief image that stayed in my mind: in Twister (1996), a group of people cut up Pepsi cans, at…
2026-09-17This week, I completed the second short animation, the tram scene, and began drawing the first one. The image below shows part of the first animation currently in progres…
2026-09-14“I heard a voice that spontaneously said ‘Look behind you’. And I did. […] When I looked behind me, I saw the void.” — Marc Leavitt, Buddha at the Gas Pump interview (202…
2026-09-10After finishing the storyboard, I put the four parts of Stranded Fish together as an animatic so I could see how the pacing, transitions and sound worked as one sequence.…
2026-09-07Today, I attended a guest lecture by sound artist Byron Scullin, who introduced several projects combining experimental sound, technology, lighting and physical space. I …
2026-08-30A faint sense of the uncanny Have you ever opened your mouth to speak while surrounded by people, yet felt a strange distance between yourself and everyone else? Nothing …
2026-08-24Reflection on John Ford’s presentation Last weekend, I was sitting on the grass at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne. Around me, people were carefully posing for pho…
2026-08-20This week, I explored how light, time and sound shape what an audience notices and feels. This journal documents the class exercise and shows how those tests informed the…