2012-02-08T21:40:49+11:00 Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors daily 1 2010-04-29T17:00:31Z Sex Wars: The Musical or... Which Side Story. In the 1980s and 90s, lesbian communities grappled with a whole heap of arguments around sex and power. What is feminist sex? Does pornography cause rape? And what about consensual violence, where did that fit in? As sex-positive lesbians faced off against radical feminists and anti-pornography activists things got vicious and new lines were drawn: which side are you on? This is a clip of a workshop attendee singing "Nancy" her composition and impromptu performance for the "Sex Wars - The Musical" workshop at Cloud City in Melbourne for Camp Betty, a weekend of radical sex and politics. anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors 2012-01-06T17:09:35Z Video video/quicktime A clip of a performance by Gaylourdes evoking the film-theory spectre of the Vagina Dentata as Sister Mary Clancy of the Overflow, during Camp Betty. This formed the first footage for a new collaborative film project launched at the Camp Betty Cinema exploring the themes of the double, the film within the film, the contamination of reality by dreams and the voyage in time... anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors 2012-01-06T17:09:31Z Video video/quicktime A clip of the procession for Camp Betty... "PROCESSION wishes to dislocate commonplace demonstration clichés by experiencing them in a different way. This will embed new meaning and create new traditions. The focus of PROCESSION will be a carefully-considered chain of ideas stemming from the workshop, that looking back, will relate to sex and gender." anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors 2012-01-06T17:09:29Z Video video/quicktime On 23rd July 2007 thousands of people came out in Jakarta to protest Nike's decision to cancel shoe manufacture contracts in two factories in Indonesia. Around 115,000 workers are employed by sub-contractors to Nike to produce shoes in Indonesia. When Nike cancels these contracts workers are left without severance pay. Protestors held anti-Nike placards but the protest had a peaceful vibe. This video was shot on mobile phone as protestors headed towards the main demonstration at the Jakarta Stock Exchange. anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors jakarta protest labour indonesia nike 2012-01-06T17:08:37Z Video video/quicktime From the OK.VIDEO Militia Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK.VIDEO workshop in Semarang, held at the Yaitu Art House, involving two other communities: Videot and Kronik Film. Yaitu Art House is a contemporary art gallery, Videot community is a group of art students form the State University of Semarang, and Kronik Film is the Students' Activity Unit of the Diponegoro University. Eighteen participants took part in the workshop; most of them were students or artists. 'Rob' is an experimental video work combining reality, history, and the city in a distinct way. anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors 2012-01-10T00:50:16Z Video application/ogg A 17 second ident, with 1 second black lead in and 2 second black lead-out, for EngageMedia.org promotional purposes. Please include in screenings, festivals and compilations where possible. In Quicktime MPEG4 format with uncompressed 16bit audio. anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors promo 2012-01-06T17:05:34Z Video video/quicktime A 17 second ident, with 1 second black lead in and 2 second black lead-out, for EngageMedia.org promotional purposes. Please include in screenings, festivals and compilations where possible. In Ogg Theora / Vorbis format. anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors promo 2012-01-10T00:50:12Z Video application/ogg A short video shot on Invasion Day (Australia Day) in Melbourne, Australia, January 26th 2008. The actions coincided with the World Social Forum global day of action. anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors 2012-01-06T17:04:17Z Video video/quicktime A 10 second video produced for the Tape Projects Flipbook/Lockgroove Artist Box Set. anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors 2012-01-05T18:12:00Z Video video/quicktime A brief clip showing brave young protestors laying themselves on the line (literally - the train line), as part of a series of peaceful direct action blocking the coal trains in Newcastle. Many groups of activists prevented the coal trains from running all day, in one of Australia's biggest displays of direct action against the destructive export of coal which is fueling climate change. anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors featured 2012-01-08T13:50:50Z Video video/quicktime This video shows the day of action in Newcastle to halt coal trains, protesting the continued export of coal from one of the largest coal ports in the world. anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors climate camp coal Newcastle 2012-01-04T23:26:48Z Video video/quicktime The human clock counts down to the end of coal at Climate Camp Australia 2008 in Newcastle. This is a silent video, with footage from a helicopter flying over beautiful Newcastle beaches, the busy harbour and coal terminals, mountains of black coal and finally an inspiring community protest at Climate Camp in a football oval, just over from the Carrington coal loaders. anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors climate camp Newcastle 2012-01-04T23:26:45Z Video video/quicktime The human clock counts down to the end of coal at Climate Camp Australia 2008 in Newcastle. This clip contains footage from a helicopter flying over beautiful Newcastle beaches, the busy harbour and coal terminals, mountains of black coal and finally an inspiring community protest at Climate Camp in a football oval, just over from the Carrington coal loaders. anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors climate change coal Newcastle 2012-01-04T23:26:33Z Video video/quicktime A 35 second promo for the Northern Arts Tactical Offensive, to be used at screenings and events (obviously, or quacking for details may be somewhat less effective). NATO was a collective in Manchester who did various subversive and situationist-influenced performances and other artworks, including the March for Capitalism and a spoof tourist guide to Manchester for the Commonwealth Games (2002), directing tourists to the alternative Blitz Festival of international grassroots underground culture, in the form of exhibitions, street theatre, outdoor music, film nights and presentations. anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors situationist performance art subversive 2012-01-02T16:39:27Z Video video/x-msvideo Over 1000 people marched from the State Library of Victoria to Treasury Gardens on 29th October 2011 as part of the ongoing Occupy Melbourne protests. Our boys and girls in blue were on the streets again, dodging criticism for the use of brutal strong arm tactics against the public when evicting the Occupy Melbourne protest from City Square on the 21st of October. The police were out in force to protect the people of Melbourne from other people of Melbourne who were undertaking dangerous activities such as walking, gathering in parks, and utilising public spaces to discuss capitalism, democracy and corporate greed. anna Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors occupy melbourne protest art performance satire capitalism corporate greed OW OM police violence cops 2011-11-16T05:10:12Z Video video/quicktime