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Independent journalism finds its moment
Independent journalism finds its moment With extreme views populating mainstream media and increased use of generative AI within once respected news media outlets and platforms, how do we make sense of the world? Who is left to hold power to account, where do we find...
Cinereel archive
The footage that inspired my film, KNOW ME, was originally shot in Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, between 1954 to 1963 by Ian Urquhart. This footage is now available for non-commercial and educational use.
Homeland, portraiture, the curated self and war
Homeland, portraiture, the curated self and war Family photos led my family and I to discover our father's Ukraine homeland and stories of resilience in the face of impending crisis, war and occupied territory I won't be able to visit any time soon. Oleg Garton...
There was nowhere else to go but inside
On 16 October 2024 musician, composer, visionary and collaborator extraordinaire, Ollie Olsen returned to star dust. Ollie had been a tremendous support and influence to countless.
The wonder of the Blacksmiths’ Tree
My story with the Blacksmiths’ Tree began in 2011. Its own story began in 2009, but if truth be told it began much earlier than that.
I am not an alien
For decades I believed I had come from the stars. For many of them I would recount my adventures as Zandor, Master Explorer, first to my younger sister and brother, then to my daughter. But what I truly am is far more astonishing than the fancy of a lonely boy with an eye to the stars.
Artistic licence
Unlike countries with a fair use exemption, copyright laws in Australia require artists to secure prohibitively expensive licences for even the smallest quotation of others’ work.
Sarawak’s Kleptocracy Strikes Again
In the Borneo Highlands of Sarawak, warriors from Kalimantan would enter the ancestral homelands of the Bidayuh Tibiya, and raid the densely forested jungle for their heads. That was a long time ago. Their descendants no longer fear for their heads, but they do fear for their lands.
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Andrew Garton
I'm a filmmaker and musician who also writes and lectures in media and communications.
I write about the social impacts of media and communications technology and have done since the late 1980s. My articles have been published in two of my own books, numerous book chapters and journals.
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