© 2017
Single channel digital colour video, sound.
Duration 00:03:20 min.
Alienation from production, place and environment as well as our unresolved colonial past have led to a culture which lacks authenticity and consequently stymies the development of our personal lives and communities.
I Wish I Was Made of Light is a lament on contemporary Australian society. It uses images of the banality of daily life to raise issues around Australian values and esteem.
By Jason Cahill.
Original score by Reid Cooper.
Performance by Lewis Stiles.
Archival footage: © Commonwealth of Australia (National Archives of Australia) 2017
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