John Hughes’ independent film and video for gallery, broadcast and cinema is formally innovative and research driven. The Films of John Hughes: a history of independent screen production in Australia (Cumming, 2014) is published by ATOM.
John Hughes’ independent film and video for gallery, broadcast and cinema is formally innovative and research driven. Topics assayed through his projects traverse Australian labour history, Indigenous rights and critical theory. Over recent years, a number of John’s projects have focused on Australian documentary film history, in particular the early post-war and Cold War years.
John’s works are collected by galleries in Australia and internationally. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2017. The Films of John Hughes: a history of independent screen production in Australia (Cumming, 2014) is published by ATOM.
Website: www.earlyworks.com.au
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Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.