Boxes...boxes...boxes

Shows a highschool “art event” at Hyde Park, Sydney. Includes the human sandwich, capturing space in boxes, man’s ordered existence, a 50 foot long piece of weaving, and seeing the environment from a new viewpoint.

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Credits

director

Sue Wilson

producer

Robin Dove

production company

Coincidence Productions

Duration

00:09:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1977

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

001403

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Sydney (N.S.W.)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art in education

Crafts & Visual Arts → Performance art

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education, Secondary - Australia

Places → Sydney (N.S.W.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1977

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