Cyberthon II: The Virtual Transmission [event version]

Australia, 1992

TV show Cyberthon Archive

‘Cyberthon II: The Virtual Transmission’ was the second in the series of Cyberthon broadcast events. Set up from TVU’s (Television Unlimited) warehouse and studio in Footscray Victoria, it was once again broadcast live via RMITV’s frequency UHF-31. Unlike the previous Cyberthon and Cyberdelia broadcast events however, Cyberthon II: The Virtual Transmission had expanded in scope afforded by its new venue and increasing popularity of the techno scene.

Adding to the DJ, VJ sets, live performances of electronic music and art, a range of artists also performed live. Artists such as Stelarc performed his Third Arm and Craig Horsham displayed his subversive VHS crash editing of mainstream TV commercials. The Amiga Users Group exhibited a collection of Amiga demos while a diverse range of artists displayed accompanying complex visual effects and art installations.

This is the event version of ‘Cyberthon II: The Virtual Transmission’. For the [1-hour compilation] see title B2004202

Visual Artists: Tekno Mandala (Adem Jaffers), Cyber Dada (Dale Nason and Troy Innocent), Future Films (Jeff Jaffers), Don’t Shoot the Messenger (Steve Middleton and Attillio Gangemi), Bureau of Inverse Technology - BIT (Natalie Jeremijenko, Kate Rich and Danny Tigani), Amiga Users Group, Craig Horsham, Force Fed (Stuart McCormick & Michael Brand), Video Graffiti (Andrew Nelson)

Audio Artists: Third Eye ‘Ambi Jam’ (Gus Till, Ollie Olsen, Geoffrey Hales, Simon Polinski), Blast Off Sound System (Jason ‘Rudeboy’ Mac), Foil (Neil Boyack, Andrew Coates, Steve Law, Chris Grierson), 1x4x9 (Braden Schlager & Miles du Heaume), Magnetic Head Circuit (Chubba, Matt Bastard, Peter Randall), Tribal (Duncan Gray, Bruce Yardley & Cam Saunderson), Extroversion (Kate Armstrong), Hardware (Richie ‘Rich’ McNeil), Mystic Force (Russell Hancorne), Poets of the Machine (Koral Island & Stripe)

Performers: Stelarc, Just to fresh, Computer Graphture (Simone Millman and Tanya Hoddinott), Space Between The Gaps (Paul Gafney), Jacinta Le Plastrier, Yoga (Mary Galick, Bronwyn Richie & Paul Gafney), Zenep Jaffers

Cyberthon II: The Virtual Transmission is part of the Cyberthon Archive generously donated to ACMI by Adem Jaffers.

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