The Light Man at the 2012 Gertrude St Projection Festival

Before we cast video projections onto buildings on Melbourne's Gertrude St there was Hugh McSpedden's fantastic light shows. Having started in 1968 Hugh has never stopped bringing joy to Melbournian's through his delicate, playful and often powerful projections. At the 2012 Gertrude St Projection Festival, Hugh arrived, an unofficial contributing artist, and parked a block away from the fixed exhibits and fired up his rig direct from a van and small generator. Passersby were delighted.

I wrote the music a couple of weeks ago, a synthesis of many other tunes, and found it worked will with this short flick.

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