by Erin McCuskey | May 5, 2022 | Arts, Creative Media, Erin M McCuskey
This project developed a series of microfilms to provide depth to the story-world of Luxville, through the development of a unique partnership with Wadawurrung artists and leaders, sisters Tammy and Deanne Gilson. The completed works, titled ‘Precious...
by Erin McCuskey | May 1, 2022 | Arts, Creative Media, Erin M McCuskey
Walking into the cinema, seeing it in half-light, finding you seat, away enough, close enough, tilt enough, far away together. Expectant. Cinema’s unique use of darkness and light creates an atmosphere of promise. The sisters and I took a long time selecting our...
by Erin McCuskey | Apr 17, 2022 | Arts, Creative Media, Erin M McCuskey
Somehow we have been divided into clear categories of belonging. I belong to a family. I belong to a land. I belong to a place. I belong to a group. I belong. I long. I yearn. Belonging is a yearning for connection. We work hard for it. It is illusive, something that...
by Erin McCuskey | Mar 5, 2022 | Arts, Creative Media, Erin M McCuskey
As a kid my film awareness came from cinema experiences that told stories of Western culture mostly. Irish films were as rare to behold in Australia as were First Nations films. That was the dark we went into willingly. Even film school much later rarely looked at...
by Erin McCuskey | Jan 4, 2022 | Arts, Creative Media, Erin M McCuskey
Cinema is a powerful form of expression. A moving image with soundtrack that surrounds. The audience, in a singular moment with others, are in two places at once. Cinema can explore the darkest corners of the human psyche. Or it can be used to sell hype, hamburgers...