samuel james

video artist/ projection designer/ performance filmmaker

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Sam James: Samuel James has been a projection designer for contemporary performance companies and independent dancers for twenty five years. He has collaborated on more than 250 performances, ranging from works premiering in the major Australian Festivals to developments with experimental, independent companies such as Too Close to the Sun, My Darling Patricia, De Quincey Company and Theatre Kantanka. He has received five Australia Council New Media and Visual Arts grants for his independent work and participated in international residencies in Reykjavik, Finland, The Banff Centre, Glasgow, Calcutta and Berlin developing and presenting performative video works. In 2006 he won Best Dance Film at the Australian Dance Awards for a project with dancer Julie-Anne Long. Large scale exhibitions include: Amygdala - Fear Conditioning Artspace, Sydney 2010, Nightshifters Performance Space 2010, Artifact Cartoons at The Tanks Arts Centre Cairns 2013 and Dream Shelving at Campbelltown Arts Centre 2011. He completed an MFA Research at COFA UNSW on Digital Animism in 2012.

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