FUSE Project Update

Rock 'n' roll seems to be in the air! Along with our own AC/DC exhibition, two new rock exhibitions have opened overseas. Beatles to Bowie: the 60s Exposed is on at the National Portrait Gallery in London, while Who Shot Rock 'n' Roll? recently opened at the Brooklyn Museum, New York. Both tell the story of rock 'n' roll using the photographer as the chronicler and image maker. The Brooklyn Museum exhibition has an interesting 'Teacher Packet' you might want to take a look at while the NPG has an interactive that allows you to upload your photograph to a period music magazine cover.

On the homefront it's been a bit quiet for the past fortnight with Julian on the road with the DocU Project. We have, however, managed to start sourcing collection items for our 'pop up' and 'event' modules on our intereactive timeline. Our favourites so far have been the 'Women's Weekly' supplements 'Teenage Weekly' which are full of 1960s-style fashion, muisc and agony aunt advice!

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Poster advertising 'Chain' at Bertie's nightclub, Melbourne, 1970. Performing Arts Collection.

Sorry about the shameful silence on the blog front! Julian and I have been very busy trying to wrestle the VCN monster to the ground. We have been trawling through the Performing Arts Collection for weeks now and have found some fantastic material to use in our Australian Music, Circus, and Creative Process resource packages. We have just started work on the first major element of the Australian music project, an intereactive timeline looking at popular music in Australia from 1955 to 2005. The images here are from KE EMu, our collection management system and show just some of the amazing material we have to work with.