Author: Al

  • Making “Lotte’s Gift”

      Making “Lotte’s Gift” Exhibit A ABC Radio National Executive Producer: Julie Copeland Commissioned by ABC Regional Production Fund Lotte’s Gift is a new work by Australian playwright David Williamson. It is the product of a collaboration with German-Australian classical guitarist Karin Schaupp. This “drama with music” tells the story of Karin’s little-known but extraordinary…

  • Gold or Sunshine: which is the coast with the most?

      Gold or Sunshine: which is the coast with the most? ABC Coast FM (Gold & Sunshine Coasts) Five x 5ish minute episodes Executive Producer: Anthony Frangi Commissioned by ABC Regional Production Fund AFL or rugby? Melbourne or Sydney? Holden or Ford? Big smoke or small town? The beach or the bush? Long board or…

  • Mary River Sans Frontières

    Mary River Sans Frontières The Deep End ABC Radio National Executive Producer: Debra McCoy In 2005, French-Australian environmental artist Francois Davin—a resident of the Mary Valley’s Kandanga—lured a number of like-minded artists from a symposium in Noosa to something of an artist-in-residence/farmstay on his home turf. In the process, he inspired local farmers to look…

  • Dig, dig, dig! Yowah 4490 ½

      Dig, dig, dig! Yowah 4490 ½ Street Stories, ABC Radio National Executive Producer: Claudia Taranto ABC Regional Production Fund   Man needs space to feel free. You can be desperately lonesome in a crowd, but in the outback you can be alone without ever feeling lonely. Johnny Kovac in “White Man in a Hole” by…

  • Wivenhoe Dam interpretive signage

    Wivenhoe Dam interpretive signage

    Like most dams, Wivenhoe serves several functions. A series of 10 interpretive signs about the dam, river, local Aboriginal culture, native flora and fauna, and recreational activities. Interesting stuff. Oh and there’s a lovely story about a little forest that a local school built and named—see the Ferncassy Forest sign. Client: Wivenhoe Alliance | Design:…

  • Rohan you bastard: the life and times of an outback cop

      Rohan you bastard: the life and times of an outback cop Street Stories, ABC Radio National Executive Producer: Claudia Taranto ABC Regional Production Fund   The role of the police officer in the small and remote rural community is both official and social, formal and informal. The position and mere presence of a cop are…

  • Monumental Queensland

      These signposts on Queensland’s cultural landscape provide a guide to our unique stories and histories—a vivid portrayal of what make us “us”.   Title concept and cover blurb for Lisanne Gibson and Jo Besley’s book on Queensland’s distinctive public monuments and big things.       Publisher: UQP | Client: Public Art Agency, Arts Queensland | Design: Designfront      …

  • Stop! In the Name of Love …

      Stop! In the Name of Love … [LOVE Sign] Alan James 2003 Screen print on retroreflective film on aluminium 60 x 60 cm Numbered multiple—labelled, number-stamped & signed on back   First created in 2003, today there are more than 450 Love Signs out here—hanging out in bedrooms and boardrooms from Noosa to New…

  • Cairns Indigenous heritage display

    Cairns Indigenous heritage display

    The colonists never left, but the free food and blankets didn’t last. A series of six interpretive display panels on Cairns Esplanade exploring the region’s Indigenous history and cultural heritage. The copy was researched and written in consultation with Yidinji and Yirriganydji elders. Client: Cairns City Council | Design: Dot Dash

  • Brisbane City Botanic Gardens interpretive signage

    Brisbane City Botanic Gardens interpretive signage

    A dozen or so interpretive signs that talk about the gardens’ history and tell the story of some interesting, significant and spooky specimens.

  • Raleigh Paper “LOOK!” book

      We all look different. And we all look at the world differently.   Long story. And a long time ago now, but still a favourite …   Raleigh Paper had a new stock to promote called “LOOK!”. They asked Myke Christoffel and Todd Hansson at Gasket to do a promo piece that would appeal…