David E. Perry

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David E. Perry

David E. Perry

In this short self-portrait, Ubu Films co-founder Perry mines his archive of family photographs, home videos and exhibited 16mm film to fast-forward, reverse and freeze-frame narratives and reminiscences.

A Sketch on Abigayl’s Belly

David E. Perry

Abigayl Day

Photographer and filmmaker Perry’s concise film-poem uses graphic matches (grapefruits, balloons and bubbles) to convey anxieties about fatherhood.

David Perry

Albie Thoms

David E. Perry

In this kinetic tribute to his Ubu Films collaborator Perry, Thoms combined tests and offcuts from early films with film fragments found on Perry’s editing room at ABC-TV. The Textacolour marks were intended as homage to Perry’s pioneering handmade films.

The Tribulations of Mr. Dupont Nomore

David E. Perry

1967 David E. Perry short

Mad Mesh

David E. Perry

An experimental film by David E. Perry

Halftone

David E. Perry

An experimental film by David Perry.

Puncture

David E. Perry

An experimental film by David Perry.

The Film

Roger Whittaker, Albie Thoms

“The film was made spontaneously one afternoon in 1966. When a few friends got together... We were all in love with the film medium...” (Garry Shead)

Harbour

David E. Perry

Records the backwaters and docklands of Sydney Harbour accompanying a young woman with a red umbrella.

Swansong in Birdland

David E. Perry

An animated film using simplified and abstract forms, symbolising nuclear warfare.