23/03/12, Friday Night is film night at Cocoa Jackson Studios presents ‘…There’s More!’ a four day show case of Melbourne street art and street culture. Cutouts and Writers Bench, two street art doco’s that i have worked on are being screened at this Street Art Festival at the Cocoa Studios in Brunswick, Melbourne.
Also features the world premiere of ‘Children of the Iron Snake’ by A. McBeth, Tropfest entry ‘Me-We’ with E.L.K and Father Bob McGuire, a claymation street adventure ‘Kaos in King Street’ by LC Beats, plus a swag of short films exploring the Australian street art and graffiti culture.
Presented by Joske Films, in conjunction with Invurt Magazine, Resolution X, Online Clubber, Big Air, MP Fikaris, SEARious Jones, Jacqueline_Gwynne.com and the good folk at Cocoa Jackson Studios.
Tickets are strictly limited. Get in early and secure your spot! Find more information here
The result of a three year labour of love from all round producer, director, camera op and editor Oriel Guthrie. Skip Hop is the very first documentary of its kind to showcase real Australian hip hop culture and Charts the rise of the genre from its roots and details the history of hip hop in Australia. Skip Hop includes interviews and music from Def Wish Cast, DJ Peril, Hilltop Hoods, The Herd and Wickid Force Breakers, all of which have played an important role in the evolution of hip hop in Australia.
Oriel started working on this project whilst at RMIT and it grew from a 20min short to a feature length doco. Taking over three years to make, my involvement was as a camera op and extra crew for a number of the different scenes throughout the years of production. It premiered with a bang at the Melbourne International Film Festival where it screened at the sizable Hoyts cinema on Russle St, Melbourne. It has since been released on DVD nationally by rubber records and EMI as well as been screened at ACMI as part of a “Australian Perspective” series.
Both entertaining and educational, Skip Hop focuses not only on the sounds of hip hop, but highlights other aspects of Australian hip hop culture the music, the dance, the fashion and the message. Skip Hop also gives an insight into the future of Australian hip hop, showing a positive movement taught through workshops for kids providing guidance from prominent artists within the scene.
Exploring the popularity of hip hop amongst everyone from men and women through to primary school children, Skip Hop features heated b-boy battles, controversial MC battles, interviews and live footage collected from prominent gigs around Australia. This spirited mix draws the audience along with its upbeat rhythms and rhymes consistent with the genre, embracing a strong culture that joins youth and positive force together as an avenue of self-expression.
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(These images are a mixture of screen shots and photos from the launch party at St Jeromes In Melbourne)
Unable to fit the entirety of Australian Hip Hop into one documentary, Oriel endeavors to continue documenting the culture and capturing the evolution. The follow-up feature will include a more in depth focus on the elements that make up hip hop culture Including stories from other important crews, groups, artists and record labels that have helped pave the way for hip hop in this country.
Oriels latest documentary offering is complete and covers over 30 years of the Melbourne graffiti scene. “Writers Bench” was launched at ACMI in 2011, and was a great success. Again it was a pleasure to be involved in another of Ori’s projects and you can check out more info here
Oriel is open to all crews and artist who would like to be involved or are interested in submitting old photos, footage and stories. hit us a message if your down for the cause.
hip hop event held annually at federation square, melbourne.
Featuring some of Australia’s most well respected artists and crews. Workshops and competition in breaking, popping,locking,krumping,emcee,beatbox,producing.
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