October 7, 2015

The Orbweavers: Deep Leads at ACMI

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Mistletone is thrilled to present The Orbweavers and Berlin-based Australian artist Lucy Dyson‘s show Deep Leads at ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne), as part of Melbourne Music Week.

  • Thursday November 19, 7:00-8:00pm: The Orbweavers + Lucy Dyson present Deep Leads at ACMI (Federation Square, Melbourne). Tickets on sale now.

Using historic archival footage of Melbourne from the ACMI collections and her own vivid, technicolour collage based imagery, Lucy Dyson will create a visual world to accompany a suite of songs by The Orbweavers, for a single night performance at ACMI. Drawing on stories from the city’s natural and industrial history, the collaboration explores themes of mining, botany, poisons, architecture, working life and folklore through song and vision.

Lucy Dyson is a Berlin-based Australian artist, animator and award-winning music-video director. She has produced and directed music videos for artists including: Gotye, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Gemma Ray, Still Corners, Kate Miller-Heidke, The Drones, Giant Sand, Ray LaMontange, Sarah Blasko, Paul Kelly, Teeth & Tongue, Augie March, Saskwatch and more. Lucy’s work has screened at the Melbourne and Sydney International Film Festivals, The Berlin Music Video Awards, The National Film & Sound Archive, The Australian Center for the Moving Image, the National Gallery of Victoria, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum Connecticut, and various arts and film festivals in Australia and overseas.

The Orbweavers – evocative songs of creeks & quarries, textile mills, and industrial landmarks. Their music has captured attention with dark and dulcet melodies, chiming guitar, violin and trumpet meld to hypnotic effect, recalling reverberant ghosts of places past. Garnering Triple R Melbourne Album of the Week, national and international praise, The Orbweavers have performed at ABC TV studios, ABC Radio National, Melbourne Music Week, National Gallery of Victoria, Brisbane Powerhouse, Golden Plains, Port Fairy Folk Festival, and supported international artists Beach House, Cass McCombs and Julia Holter.

Watch the official music video for “Poison Garden” by The Orbweavers, directed by Lucy Dyson, below:

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