David King – Mansions In Eternity, 3:42, 2021



 

 

“The ruins of time build mansions in eternity” William Blake.
With original operatic score by The Pariah Brothers.
This is a continuation on the theme of fantastic and majestic but impossible visual tableaux which began with Imaginarium of theUnknown Traveller.
Was the opening video for the Bologna in Lettere Festival (Italy) and the closing film for The Hell Chess Film Festival (Spain) both in 2022.

 

David King is a profoundly hearing impaired award-winning writer, filmmaker and video artist who also dabbles in experimental photography.
He was a member of the legendary Melbourne Filmmakers’ Co-op in the 1970’s and had a varied career as freelance cameraman, radio advertising copywriter-producer, radio and television scriptwriter for the ABC, and journalist for newspapers, magazines and the early internet.
His experimental shorts have screened at galleries, museums and festivals around the world including the Australian National Museum in Sydney and the Museum of Experimental Art in Mexico City.
He has been a judge on film and photography festival juries in Australia and currently curates the Exploratory Visions program of animation, experimental and avant garde films whose current home is The Screening Room, Salto 1 TV, The Netherlands, and the Eclectic Dreams international video art program whose home is on VisualContainer TV, Milan, Italy.
He lives with his partner and daughter in the Australian seaside town of Portarlington.