Strangerlands. A film about Artist Martin King in his studio.

A film by Ivan Hexter, (With Direction).
'Strangerlands' continues themes I have been developing in recent work. Questions of how we perceive nature, the alliances and disjunctions we create at the point of intersection with nature. The large graphite and watercolour drawings and bookworkß for Strangerlands are based on studies and photographs I have made in ancient Myrtle Beech (Nothofagus cunninghamii) and Sassafras (Atherosperma moschatum) forests in Victoria.
The drawings include references to past representations of landscape, popular culture, ancient manuscripts, e.g. John Glover’s The River Nile, 1837, Talking Heads Fear of Music 1979 Album Cover, and an Iranian illustrated manuscript from the 15th century.
The work develops the imaginative possibilities of ‘natural’ and ‘unnatural’ histories.

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Great video Martin!

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mesmerising