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Was an absolute pleasure to chat with Nic and Reuben about their music, their life, their families and how they work together for NZ Musician

Here’s Nic and Reuben’s music too …

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DINGO PUPPY GROWS UP

FINALLY have mastered my camera, and am proud of shooting and editing this video. Love Wandi.

Resident in a dingo sanctuary, Wandi was found as a puppy dropped in a suburban back yard, after being taken by an eagle.

I have been lucky enough to work with Crime Reporter John Silvester from The Age on this new podcast! Sly is a total pro, which he should be after 40 years on the job… one each week from here on in!

Fun Fun Funding

After a full week of work I am finally finished the mammoth Creative New Zealand funding application. I admire anyone who can get to the end of one of these! Good luck everyone!

Creative New Zealand funding application FINISHED!!!!!

World's first Stopmotion VR on the ABC!

Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine have made possibly the WORLD’S FIRST stopmotion VR work. It premiered at MIFF and now they’re headed to Venice. There’s a wee piece at the end of the latest episode of The Mix that we helped film. Congrats to these wonderful women, and producer Philippa Campey.
Watch here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/mix

PASSENGER is a 360 degree stop-motion VR film that tells the story of arriving in a new country to live. Your taxi driver, himself a migrant to Australia, navigates the new terrain with you, acting as your guide while also revealing small parts of his own story. PASSENGER recreates and investigates the geographic and visual dislocation of arriving somewhere unfamiliar, and beginning the journey of finding a new home in a foreign land. Written, Directed and Animated by Isobel Knowles & Van Sowerwine Produced by Philippa Campey, Film Camp Principal funding from Screen Australia

$552 for Sleepy Burrows Wombat Sanctuary

We were able to donate $552 to Sleepy Burrows Wombat Sanctuary - THANK YOU to everyone who came to the gig and / or bought a tshirt. Wombats love you forever.

Wombat Gig and T-Shirts

Following such an amazing experience filming with Donna Stepan at the Sleepy Burrows Wombat Sanctuary I have been inspired to put on a fundraising gig to make money for her and her partner Phil, who work so hard for wombats …. soooo … here is Wombatathon, on June 23rd 2019 at Long Play in Fitzroy North. All these bands are worth looking up and the lineup has achieved Gender Equality. WOOO

We’re also selling T-shirts that I designed, in Pink, White and Green for adults ($25 each) and Blue and Red for kids ($20) each. Email me on and I can get one to you!

Wombats to rule us all

A visit to Canberra brought us to the home of Donna Stepan which is also the home to many many wombats. It was one of the best experiences I have had in Australia and if anyone feels like donating they can easily do so here. 

Donna Stepan is the force behind Sleepy Burrows, Australia's main wombat sanctuary, and she has words of warning about the species. Read more - Homepage - http://www.smh.com.au/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sydneymorningherald/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/smh

Terminus review

I was lucky enough to travel to Canberra to write about a big exhibition opening by NZ artists Jess Johnson and Simon Ward. I also got to make a pretty sweet video with the help from  Paul Glubb and some footage from the NGA by a guy called Kris Kerehonu. The show was incredible; worth a trip to that strange city to see it! 

Into the Void DVD release December 12th 2017

It's taken a while but the DVD version of Into the Void is finally on sale, through Flying Out Distribution. Release date is the 12th of December! WOOO. Also Into the Void merch and stuff will be in Galaxy Records ... Merch meaning Tshirts and posters.  Dave is alllll over it.

And in other news, stories about Wikipedia and Linux to go up on the YouTube channel over the next few weeks, and pre-preproduction begins on a short documentary about an amazing / terrible home made zoo.