Living in the Seventies

Costume worn by Greg Macainsh on Skyhooks 1976 American Tour and designed by Greg Macainsh and Uschi Flett. Performing Arts Collection.

Without a doubt the highlight of the week has been trawling through the Performing Arts Collection's Skyhooks stash. The JUKE magazine archive itself has some 12 folder of photographs, then there are Kathleen O'Brien's amazing live performance shots, costume drawings, and the costumes themselves. We have also found some good through-lines and cross-references for sub-themes like the role of television and fandom in popular music.

We are still aiming to have models for our three levels of content (pop-ups, events and extension modules) by Christmas but the days seem to racing by! As you are probably aware, Julian has also been working on finishing the Ballets Russes doco and filming interviews for work we have been asked to do by UTS which all needs to be done by 20 December so time is very tight.

I'm hoping for at least one more post before Christmas but in case I don't get another chance thanks for making me feel so welcome. Next year is going to be awesome!

Caz

PS: Just a reminder that our new Communication Strategy can be found in the VCN Project folder on the L:drive.