Subversus, the boundary-pushing creative studio, collaborates with emerging and established Western Sydney artists for a series of three short films.
Subversus is redefining the visual landscape with their boundary-pushing creativity, producing some of the most visually arresting and culturally relevant media on this side of the planet.
The boundary-pushing multi-disciplinary creative studio, has teamed up with Western Sydney’s finest artists to create a stunning series of three short films titled Latitudes, which seeks to explore themes of audibility, distance, perspective, and the power of creative collaboration.
Featuring over 100 collaborators and 15 Western Sydney locations, the films are a sublime exercise in cinematic assemblage, with one artist’s prose expanded visually and sonically by commissioned artists, choreographers, musicians, and filmmakers.
The lineup of artists includes A.Girl, Serwah Attafuah, Mo Aung, BLESSED, Claire Cao, Eda Gunaydin, Gillian Kayrooz, Nerdie (1300), and Sela Vai, each contributing a unique and dazzling work in response to the museum’s collection objects and themes relevant to their experience growing up in Western Sydney.
The films, ‘Sometimes to One Hundred’, ‘151°E’, and ‘Window’, premiered to sold-out audiences at the Sydney Festival 2023 and on the global culture-focused video channel Nowness on 30 January.
According to Subversus Creative Directors Tanya Babic and Jason Sukadana, the concept for Latitudes was inspired by the unique creative possibilities presented by the collision of artistic practices. The artists were instructed to explore core themes in their native medium and given some loose parameters around the output.
The resulting artworks were astonishing and a testament to the incredible talent of the artists. Once received, the nine artworks were merged into film form, with Western Sydney woven into the fabric of each and every creative decision and expression in this project.
Powerhouse Chief Executive Lisa Havilah praised the impressive project, which reflects Western Sydney’s vibrant cultural landscape, and was thrilled to share these three films with the community as part of the Powerhouse Parramatta program.
Subversus aims to create new pathways in interdisciplinary collaboration and is backed by a network of some of Australia’s most talented established and emerging filmmakers, producers, and creative practitioners. With Latitudes, Subversus has once again succeeded in creating high-concept, culturally relevant, sensitive, and enduring work – and in highlighting a breadth of new perspectives.
Check out all 3 films on Nowness
