When the creative minds of Tanya Babic and Jason Sukadana Aka Versus, whose directorial work we’ve frequently celebrated here on Dn, decided to launch Subversus – a new creative studio dedicated to creating positive cultural subversions – the output was bound to be impressive. Working in collaboration with the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Versus present Latitudes. Conceived with the objective of celebrating the diversity and often overlooked talents of Western Sydney which has historically been underrepresented both culturally and artistically, while also giving voice to the flourishing creative scene traversing movement, music and art. Through 18 months of work, 9 artists, 100 collaborators and 15 Western Sydney locations the duo surmounted several challenges along the way to bring to life a trio of films. Whilst these films each exhibit their own unique originally crafted voice, approach and theme, there is a fluid cohesion across the films which is testament to the already well-established voices of Babic and Sukadana.
- 4/21/2023
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Marking their third appearance on our pages, Dn alums Tanya Babic and Jason Sukadana, better know as Versus, return with Beyond Words a project they describe as “a moment 60 years in the making”. Commissioned as a celebration of the 60 year strong existence of The Australian Ballet, the pair were tasked with creating a mixed media film which would marry the premier ballet company’s rich dance history with its contemporary dancers. No mean feat, but a challenge they met by reaching into the annals of cinematic history to construct a version of Eadweard Muybridge invention the zoopraxiscope. The resulting film sees modern dancers cascade through the 60 second piece where old pictures and performers are given a new life merging with the movements of the dancers who followed them. Entranced, we caught up with Versus to learn about the technicalities of constructing a zoopraxiscope that created motion for the camera rather than the human eye,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Versus Exalt the Cacophonous Tools of Party Dozen’s Trade in the Chaotic and Gritty ‘Macca the Mutt’
Australian two-piece Party Dozen have been storming our senses with their riotous music for five years now and their newest track Macca the Mutt featuring the beguiling Nick Cave is no different. After finding common ground during the recording of a live performance of the band at Sydney Opera House, they judiciously decided to work with Versus again for their latest music video. The creative directorial duo Tanya Babic and Jason Sukadana – who were last on our pages with their powerful promo for Genesis Owusu’s The Fall – eagerly embraced the anarchic spirit needed to bring the video to fruition and captured a uniquely Australian aesthetic by drawing upon films like Wake in Fright and Stone while working together seamlessly with band members Kirsty Tickle and Jonathan Boulet. Party Dozen perform in the video with all of the moxie and raw energy they give to their live performances – something I...
- 6/10/2022
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
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