Australian Muslims Artists share their artworks…….. After many months, I was finally able to get back into shooting this doco. And it was on the last day of the exhibition. The standard of work was amazing and as an Australian Muslim it makes me so proud that the talent from communities is on show and [...]
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When most of western world views muslims as extremists, it may come as a surprise that there’s a growing movement of young Australian Muslims moving into the creative arts. Painters, printers, writers and sculptures, just to name a few, are starting to make their mark. What does a ‘creative muslim’ look like? Well, basically like [...]
I’ve just returned from my first round of shooting in almost 10 months. I went to Desypher gallery to shoot observation footage of Ayfer and Amna’s exhibition. The shoot was straight forward with different shot sizes of the artworks which were prints. I was there for about 15 mins shooting exterior and interior shots. I [...]
I’d always found mainstream Hindi films to be a challenge to watch. As an 80s child, it was the ‘migrant’ things to do. We would watch the latest releases on our vhs player on Saturday nights, while the movies did provide our mothers’ with access to the latest fashions and entertainment, for us, they seemed pretty [...]
I’ve locked in Abdul Abdullah for an interview in the next two weeks. Amna Mehwish and Ayer Ocal have an exhibition at the Desypher Gallery in Fitzroy http://www.desypher.com.au/home/. I’m in the process of arranging a time to shoot. I need some wide shots and close up of the art works and the gallery itself. I [...]
“Painting is the best thing in the world. There is nothing I enjoy more. When I’m painting the room could be on fire and I wouldn’t care. I don’t know if my works will ever affect people or change anyone, but I’ll do it anyway, for the rest of my life. -Abdul Abdul Abduallah is [...]
I’m at the point where I need to interview my subject matter experts, in this case, it’s Nur and Ahmed from ICV. Thes guys are the people who have made the program a reality and success. They were responsible for the funding, organising, preparing and supporting of Australian Muslim Artists. Before this program was created, [...]
You Am I- the doco
Posted: October 31, 2010 in You Am I DocoTags: You Am I Australian Muslim Contemporay artists
It’s taken almost eight months, but I have finally gotten around to viewing my footage! Seems like a great accomplishment! You am I, is a doco about Australian Muslim artists and the organisation that started the program. The footage viewed has interviews with two artists from interstate and observation footage of when the art works arrived [...]
