hop dac

i like to be a secret

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:06:02 +0000

i like to be a secret

2010

oil and pencil on canvas

80x100cm

POA

susurrus

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:07:13 +0000

it’s late. i should be asleep, but i have a persistent cough and a sniffle and am unlikely to be going to work tomorrow, so i think i can stay up, except i slept for three hours last night, having spent the previous three nights staying up until dawn, firstly to party and secondly and thirdly to watch breaking bad and deadwood, the latter only when i got out of bed realising i couldn’t sleep because i had spent several hours in a spin cycle wondering what to do with myself in the very near future when my sabbatical is over. and now i’m in the other room because my persistent cough would keep kate awake, but the computer is in the other room, which is why i’m up late. chile has just beaten switzerland. it’s been a busy few months but i have had two blissful weeks of catching up with friends while the thespians run through the show each night in brunswick. i have half finished paintings i’ll have to slap the dust off waiting for me at the studio. i wonder if anyone has moved into the space next to me yet. i hope they smoke.

review of the butterfly catcher – the age, friday 18 june 2010

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:44:29 +0000

Quite a good review for the show. I get more credit than I’m due as we worked collaboratively and there wasn’t one person in the room who didn’t contribute significantly to the script.

The Butterfly Catcher

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:59:36 +0000

itch productions – the butterfly catcher

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:26:52 +0000

Starring Scott Brennan, Michael F. Cahill, Ngaire Dawn Fair & Des Fleming.

Director – Alice Bishop, Writer – Hop Dac, Composer – Nat Grant, Lighting Designer – Aaron Hock

behind the scenes

ricky swallow catalogue review

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:58:34 +0000

Review of the Ricky Swallow exhibition catalogue for The Bricoleur at the National Gallery of Victoria for artabase.

BASTARDY DVD Launch

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:15:18 +0000

LAUNCH OF THE BASTARDY DVD!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009
6:00pm – 8:00pm
THOUSAND POUND BEND
361 Little Lonsdale St
Melbourne, Australia

Featuring a live music set from the inimitable Jack Charles, just returned from the Sheffield International Documentary Festival where he was a special guest.

Also available is a 7″ with a recording of ‘Son of Mine’ on the A side, a Kath Walker poem that Jack put music to. On the B side is an old friend of Jack’s, Romantic poet Shelton Lea, reciting a poem about the boys home in Ballarat where they met.

Provocative, funny and profoundly moving, Bastardy is the inspirational story of a self proclaimed Robin Hood of the streets. For Forty years and with infectious humour and optimism, Jack Charles has juggled a life of crime with another successful career- acting.

Since founding the first Aboriginal theatre company in the 1970’s, Jack has performed with Australia’s most renowned actors (Geoffrey Rush, David Gulpilil, Bill Hunter) and directors in feature films (The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Bedevil) TV series and hundreds of plays.

Filmmaker Amiel Courtin-Wilson follows Jack over seven years- gradually blurring the line between director and accomplice as Jack continually traverses the criminal and acting worlds. However the law finally catches up with Jack and when he faces a jail sentence he might not survive, he is forced to decide if he can go straight for the first time in his life.

Bastardy is the story of one man’s journey into the light.

Film Critics Circle of Australia – Winner Jury Prize Best Documentary
Atom Awards – Winner Best Documentary Human Story
Nominated for three AFI Awards: Best Feature Length Documentary, Direction and Editing.

Bastardy documentary

Paroxysm Press seeking submissions for flash fiction anthology

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:11:15 +0000

A New anthology Edited By Stephen studach & To be published By Paroxysm press Seeks The best flash fiction in THE WORLD

This will be a one hundred work anthology of some of the best new flash fiction from Australia and around the world.

Submitted pieces should be from 0 to 1000 words in length. Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dark Realism and anything in between. Award winners and reprints are welcome.

The anthology will be produced by iconic cult publishers Paroxysm Press.

The submission period is now open and will remain so until the editor has 100 brilliant works and that announcement is made.

When submitting; apply standard ms format. We prefer 12 pt Times New Roman font. Three character indent for paragraphs, including first paragraph. Underline for italics. Oxford English spellings (colour not color etc). Double quotation marks for dialogue. Single quotation marks for quotes and ‘stressed’ words. Otherwise, refer to the Oxford style manual. Please send stories as Word.doc or RTF files. Payment is in contributor’s copies.

Please send up to three flashes to paroxysm@paroxysmpress.com
If you think that you can hurl literary lightning bolts, we want to read you. One hundred writers, one hundred outstanding flashes of brilliant plasma – each captured in the mason jar of this volume.

From the editor: ‘I am the lightning collector. The lid is off the jar. Come thee and fork lightning…’

Paroxysm Press

twenty ten

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:34:58 +0000

Am back in the bowels of Auspicious Arts working with ITCH Productions, nutting out the next play, due for performance at the Mechanics Institute around June 2010.

Director: Alice Bishop

Producer: Des Fleming

Writer: Hop Dac

Music: Biddy Connor

Actors: Des Fleming, Scott Brennan, Michael F Cahill, Ngaire Dawn Fair.

exhibish @ the owl and the pussycat gallery

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:35:09 +0000

Hola
I’ve got two pieces in the show for the opening of a new gallery called The Owl and the Pussycat.
Sat 17 Oct
34 Swan Street, Richmond
“Opening in Richmond on Saturday 17 October, The Owl and the Pussycat Gallery will find its place in the busy commercial area of Richmond by offering a new, innovative and creative environment for non-mainstream and emerging artists to exhibit their work.
The Owl and The Pussycat seeks to support non-mainstream artists by offering a more commercial focus than what is currently available to them in the vast majority of artist-run spaces.
Hosting an array of different art forms; from visual to performance, the written and spoken word, a variety of classes, special events and more, the Gallery aims to represent ‘The art’s’ in all it’s forms.

The opening will feature a variety of activities, performances and presentations throughout the day.
Commencing at 1:00pm the day includes
·Talks and presentations from artists,·A live graffiti art demonstration,·Music from an array of artists,·Performances from a selection of theatre makers including the ever popular Red Cabbages,
·A Poetry Jam,·A body art fashion show,
·A live body suspension,·Art work from a number of artists exhibited in their own spaces

As well as a host of other activities
Jason Cavanagh, the owner operator of The Owl and The Pussycat Gallery was inspired to create a space for artists who struggle to find a way to practice their art.

“My vision is to assist artists in making a living out of what they do, what they love” he said. “As an artist myself, there is something special about providing this type of space and opportunity for others.”

The Owl and The Pussycat will ensure a lively, creative and fun environment by featuring a variety of activities and events each week along with some of Melbourne’s most exciting new art works on show.
The Owl and the Pussycat is situated at 34 Swan Street, directly opposite Richmond Station.LOOK FOR THE PEA GREEN DOOR!!!For further information contact: Jason Cavanagh – theowl@owlandcat.com.au”
http://www.owlandcat.com.au/