Arthur Cantrill Movies

"On several occasions we were impressed by the apparent vitality of some spools with arbitrary discards, compared to the laboriously assembled...

The beauty of the Australian bush is depicted in a carefully composed camera choreography of different aspects of flora and fauna. Close-up and...

A videographic film exploiting the phosphor textures on the cathode screen. Video images are filmed, filter-coloured and supered in the camera.

A camera calligraphy of the coastal bush -- celebrating growth, summer light, rock and plant textures.

Timeless elements in a roll of film: stillness, movement, woman, girl, road, wind, sun, leaves. A triptych of a girl who reminds us of the face and...

A three-colour separation of Ivor painting the Arf Arf group and performing with them on the soundtrack. (Arthur Cantrill & Corinne Cantrill)

Made from image fragments from Will Spoor's footage, it was our first direct foray into the relationship between cinema and visual perception. It has...

The 360 degree camera movements in opposing directions on each screen are filmed from the centre of the crater. A stereo track of wind, crows and...

Coastal scenes filmed with an energetic pattern of two frames image/two frames black, intercut with Ivor Cantrill’s painting of the scene....

A film about recreation and learning, made during the Cantrills’ four-year residence in London, similarly tinctured by Herbert Read’s...

Single frame glimpses of life in Ubud, Bali, to Kecak Music. (Arthur Cantrill & Corinne Cantrill)

One of the main “mysteries” of working with the lab involves grading the print: adjusting or “correcting” the color balance...

Located 18 miles west, Katatjuta (The Olgas) is a recurring presence in the background of Uluru. Believed by Aboriginal people to have been inhabited...

Will Spoor is a Dutch performer, working in the abstract side of movement and mime. He has considerable knowledge of the potential of film and his...

Images of gold in nature and art are repeated in a fugal structure from one screen to the next. The extra potential for image structuring provided by...

An experimental work about the Australian forests by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill.

Masses, crowds in the streets, traffic, large gatherings of people for political, religious, cultural events; TV newscasts – the tide of...

A short animation of Charles Lloyd’s dry points. Sound composition by Arthur Cantrill.

A documentary involving the work done by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill since 1975 in 3-colour separation. Also discussed are the classic theories and...

It's a three-colour separation study of MacKenzie Falls in the Grampians, Victoria.