Solo Exhibition: “As much to tomorrow as to the past. THE END.” Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin

May, 2019January, 2021 | lucydyson

I started 2019 with a solo exhibition at Michael Reid Berlin, here are some photos of the works, the opening, and the show.

You can read an interview I did for Another Magazine discussing the work.

Lucy Dyson: As much to tomorrow as to the past. THE END

18 Jan – 23 Feb 2019

A respected artist, animator and music video director, we are thrilled to present Lucy Dyson’s first exhibition at Michael Reid Berlin, the opening of our 2019 program.

Lucy’s collages have been commissioned for numerous album covers, and to date, she has directed and produced over fifty music videos for clients including Beyoncé (Formation Tour Visuals), Gotye, Ray LaMontange, Courtney Barnett, Sarah Blasko, Paul Kelly and many others.

As much to tomorrow as to the past. THE END is a kaleidoscopic, humorous and psychedelic, exploration of a fictional future drawing upon material from the past. Lucy’s love for vintage print thus weaves together colour, pattern and image to create a visually compelling imagining of what is to come.

Gallery photos by Marijana Jocic

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Solo Exhibition: Australian Embassy Berlin 2018

May, 2019January, 2021 | lucydyson

In March 2018 I held a solo exhibition at the Australian Embassy in Berlin, the work spanned my art practise since first moving to Berlin in 2011, it also included a three channel video installation of my animations.

The opening reception was held on International Women’s Day and was opened by Dr Lauren Bain, Deputy Head Of Mission.

From the Australian Embassy Berlin:

Passend zum Internationalen Weltfrauentag eröffnen wir heute unsere neue Ausstellung mit fantastischen Bildern und Animationen der international ausgezeichneten australischen Künstlerin Lucy Dyson. Noch bis Ende April könnt ihr die Ausstellung bei uns in der Botschaft anschauen. #IWD2018
Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day with an exhibition opening of art works and animations by award-winning Australian artist and music video director Lucy Dyson. Come and see this fantastic exhibition at the Australian Embassy Berlin until the end of April. #IWD2018

Many thanks to the wonderful and supportive embassy staff, especially Susanne Kalbantner and Julia Kaute

VOGUE Deutsch: Gender Revolution

June, 2017January, 2021 | lucydyson

I recently had the pleasure of working with and being profiled on VOGUE Germany, alongside some brilliant Berlin women for this excellent project.

“Gender Revolution” features videos and interviews with the wonderful Laetitia Duveau of Curated by GIRLS, Lyra Pramuk, Hengameh Yaghoobifarah, and Eylül Aslan.

I created a collage-animation GIF for each woman profiled, using portrait photographs by Eylül Aslan and footage from the videos. The GIFs featured on Vogue Germany’s website, instagram and facebook page.

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Many thanks to Vogue Germany, Nike Germany and Glutamat Kommunikation.

Landscape is a State of Mind – Group Exhibition, The Australian Embassy Berlin.

November, 2016June, 2017 | lucydyson

From Dec 11, 2015 until Feb 26, 2016 I exhibited artworks at The Australian Embassy in Berlin as part of the group show “Landscape is a State of Mind”.

Here is some overdue documentation of the exhibition (photographed by Harriet Clare). The other artists included Anna Steele, who is a painter, Harriet Clare who exhibited photographs but also works in collage, and Shannon Murphy.

liasom_155 — View of my ten collages on display, and on the far right two photographs by Harriet Clare.

Lucy Dyson. Far right, Harriet Clare

Anna Steele paintings

Lucy Dyson collages detail

Lucy Dyson collages

Anna Steele paintings, Harriet Clare Photography

And here is an assortment of photos of the exhibition being set up and the opening night

Amanda Annamalay, Harriet Clare, Lucy Dyson

Harriet Clare installing her work

LR Shannon Murphy, Second Secretary Amanda Annamalay, Julia Kaute Public Relations and Cultural Affairs, Harriet Clare, Lucy Dyson, Susanne Kalbantner Public Affair, Anna Steele

Shannon Murphy, Amanda Annamalay, Harriet Clare, Lucy Dyson, Anna Steele

Shannon Murphy, Harriet Clare, Lucy Dyson, Anna Steele

Anna Steele and her paintings

Harriet Clare, Julia Kaute, Susanne Kalbantner, Anna Steele

Danke schoen Archim! The embassy’s technician installing my work.

Anna Steele

Music Video: Giant Sand – Transponder

May, 2015May, 2019 | lucydyson

Earlier this month my music video for “Transponder” by Howe Gelb’s legendary band Giant Sand premiered on Stereogum. The video came about when I finished Gemma Ray’s “The Wheel” music video, Howe Gelb’s vocals feature on that track and after seeing the video for it he got in touch about working together. The animation features my sister Molly, who lives around the corner from me and is a really great illustrator and artist. I got Joe to photograph Molly in burst mode in front of our kitchen wall while I directed her to bend, stretch and cry. While I was in the middle of putting the video together Howe was coming through Berlin on tour, so it was great to be able to include him in the video, meet him in person and see him perform, the man is a genius.

Music Video: Turbowolf – Nine Lives

March, 2015May, 2019 | lucydyson

Here is a music video I just made for British rock band Turbowolf. The above YouTube embed is probably blocked if you are in Germany, in that case you can watch it here on Vevo. I had to turn this video around as soon as I arrived back in Berlin from Melbourne early last month, but even with jet-lag and not being able to leave my studio for fairly intense period, I felt totally in my element putting this together.

Music Video: Jonathan Jeremiah – Wildfire

March, 2015May, 2019 | lucydyson

I recently made this music video for Jonathan Jeremiah’s beautiful single Wildfire. The video was released in February and was created by combining some really lovely stop-motion paper animation by Joseph Jensen with my usual collage style animation. My original pitch for the video was a super technicolour sci-fi narrative that unfolded around a volcano spewing weird vibes, but after watching through my previous work Jonathan was really drawn to a black and white animation I made for Luluc many years ago, which was a straight-up homage to Busby Berkeley, so taking that as a starting-point we ended up with this, which I definitely think turned out to be a much better fit to the song than my original volcano idea.

Recent album art

March, 2014May, 2017 | lucydyson

Here are some recent (and upcoming) music releases I’ve made artwork for, all these releases also come out on vinyl, the best format for enjoying album artwork! I’m writing this from Melbourne Australia, I’m back for a cousin’s wedding and a very overdue visit to see all my friends and family, I’m having such a great time, but it will be nice to return to Berlin later in April with spring properly in swing.

First, back in November 2013 the excellent Series Alphonos label came out with Cremator’s Clear Air Turbulence. The art work I made for this release is a straight up paper collage. Cremator is London one-man synth geek Matt Thompson, (Zoltan, Guapo), and this record takes you on a sci-fi tune-fest ala John Carpenter meets Kraftwerk. Series Alphonos is an off-shoot of the Bronze Rat record label, which focuses on “left-of-centre musical meanderings, soundtracks, and strange treasures from hidden corners”. Another recent Series Alphonos release is the Krzysztof Komeda soundtrack to Roman Polanski’s – Dance of the Vampires (aka The Fearless Vampire Killers), available now for the first time ever on vinyl, excellent label!

Teeth and Tongue‘s latest album “Grids” was released last week. I have worked with Teeth & Tongue (aka Jess Cornelius) on some early music videos, but I think the album cover for Grids is my favourite collaboration with her so far. The cover image is an original paper collage, which will be included in a solo exhibition I have coming up at Das Gift in Berlin in late April. ‘Grids’ is Teeth & Tongues follow up to 2011′s Tambourine, it is such an excellent record and is out on Remote Control Records.

And finally, here is the super awesome 7″ picture disc I got to make for Gemma Ray! Death Disc is a Record Store Day 2014 exclusive, and features two teenage tragedies in song form, and the track Motorbike also includes a special appearance from Alan Vega from Suicide (!!) Above is the A-side art I made and below is the B-side. It was a bit of a dream job!

…..and here is a picture (courtesy of Gemma Ray’s facebook page!) of the disc box-fresh and ready for Record Store Day!

I have a few more album art jobs I’m working on, but these are the ones I can share for now. I’ll also post details for my upcoming Berlin exhibition shortly!

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