Cosmic Anthology
2017 - 2022
'Cosmic Anthology' is a series of six new media works and a body of 20 paintings by David Mahler. 'Cosmic Waves I-III' depicts the flowing currents of energy connecting and intersecting the universe, from the micro of atoms to the macro of galaxies. The four channel projection piece 'Cosmic Echo', commissioned by the City of Melbourne as part of the 2017 Signal Screen Arts Commission, expands on these concerns, depicting the flow of energies and by extension the element of consciousness through space, celestial bodies and forms of life. 'Cosmic Ballet' documents a time-based and site-specific performance piece undertaken by three 'dancers' on the moon-lit beach of Pui O, Hong Kong. The collection of paintings 'Cosmic Ocean', first presented at Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne in May 2018, transposes the visual iconography explored in the Cosmic film series to a two-dimensional medium, offering a comment on the depiction and capturing of invisible energies and forces, and the deconstruction of time through patterned chaos. The final production 'Cosmic Odyssey' - a symphonic and special effects spectacle depicting Celestial Plankton journeying across the cosmos to imbue a new life with consciousness - was completed in 2022 with the assistance of a Myer Foundation National Assistance Program for the Arts grant.
For more information please visit the project's vimeo page.
SCREENINGS
Cosmic Waves I-III:
Art Box Video Jam, Gertrude Street Projection Festival 2017 - curated by Tim Dolan
Moonlight Bush Cinema, Esoteric Festival, VIC, Australia, March 2019
Adelaide Festival Hall public screens, Adelaide, SA, Australia, June 2019
Cosmic Echo:
Signal Art Space screens, September 2017 and January 2019
Adelaide Festival Hall public screens, Adelaide, SA, Australia, April 2019
Moonlight Bush Cinema, Esoteric Festival, VIC, Australia, March 2019
Digital Graffiti 2019 projection art festival, Alys Beach, Florida, May 2019
Thank you to Matthew, Melissa, Kristen, Hac, Chris Webb, Susan and Peter Mahler, Tim Dolan, Freya Pitt, Yandell Walton,
Signal; City of Melbourne and my fellow Screen Arts Commission recipients, and the Myer Foundation.
2017 - 2022
'Cosmic Anthology' is a series of six new media works and a body of 20 paintings by David Mahler. 'Cosmic Waves I-III' depicts the flowing currents of energy connecting and intersecting the universe, from the micro of atoms to the macro of galaxies. The four channel projection piece 'Cosmic Echo', commissioned by the City of Melbourne as part of the 2017 Signal Screen Arts Commission, expands on these concerns, depicting the flow of energies and by extension the element of consciousness through space, celestial bodies and forms of life. 'Cosmic Ballet' documents a time-based and site-specific performance piece undertaken by three 'dancers' on the moon-lit beach of Pui O, Hong Kong. The collection of paintings 'Cosmic Ocean', first presented at Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne in May 2018, transposes the visual iconography explored in the Cosmic film series to a two-dimensional medium, offering a comment on the depiction and capturing of invisible energies and forces, and the deconstruction of time through patterned chaos. The final production 'Cosmic Odyssey' - a symphonic and special effects spectacle depicting Celestial Plankton journeying across the cosmos to imbue a new life with consciousness - was completed in 2022 with the assistance of a Myer Foundation National Assistance Program for the Arts grant.
For more information please visit the project's vimeo page.
SCREENINGS
Cosmic Waves I-III:
Art Box Video Jam, Gertrude Street Projection Festival 2017 - curated by Tim Dolan
Moonlight Bush Cinema, Esoteric Festival, VIC, Australia, March 2019
Adelaide Festival Hall public screens, Adelaide, SA, Australia, June 2019
Cosmic Echo:
Signal Art Space screens, September 2017 and January 2019
Adelaide Festival Hall public screens, Adelaide, SA, Australia, April 2019
Moonlight Bush Cinema, Esoteric Festival, VIC, Australia, March 2019
Digital Graffiti 2019 projection art festival, Alys Beach, Florida, May 2019
Thank you to Matthew, Melissa, Kristen, Hac, Chris Webb, Susan and Peter Mahler, Tim Dolan, Freya Pitt, Yandell Walton,
Signal; City of Melbourne and my fellow Screen Arts Commission recipients, and the Myer Foundation.
Cosmic Echo photography by Signal Art Space; Cosmic Waves photography by Seb Calabretto
Cosmic Ocean: BlackCat Gallery, Melbourne, May 23rd - June 3rd 2018
Presented twenty one new paintings and five projection pieces exploring the intangible energies and forces which unite and connect beings of consciousness across the universe
Presented twenty one new paintings and five projection pieces exploring the intangible energies and forces which unite and connect beings of consciousness across the universe
