Blood disco: Dirk wears white socks

Australia, 2004

Artwork
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Scott Redford’s visually rampant fist-in-mouth and Egyptian eye images riff on the early surrealist films of Luis Buñuel, via a queer punk aesthetic, in this pop-savvy work.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 April 2019

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Credits

producer/director

Scott Redford

production company

ACMI

SBS Independent

Duration

00:00:30:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2004

Appears in

Group of items

ARTV

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1006502

Language

No spoken word

Audience classification

Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Object Types

Artwork

Materials

Single channel moving image

Holdings

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

Mini DV; Master

Digital Betacam; Master

Digital Betacam; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI External Digital Access Copy

Collected

1 times

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