Ms Kate Murphy b. 1977

  • Artist (Video Artist)
Sydney-based video artist who was the recipient of the 2004 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship.
creator of
Prayers of a Mother

5 channel digital video installation stereo sound 14 minutes

 
creator of
Britney Love

2 channel digital video installation stereo sound 11 minutes

 
creator of
Yia Yia’s song
Date
Medium
Video Installation
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/865
 
http://www.katemurphy.com.au/new/index.php

8 channel HD video installation with 9 channel soundCollaboration with Basil Hogios
Yia Yia’s song continues Murphy’s investigation into the mnemonic properties of song and its ability to transport us to another time and place …

 
creator of
The note
Date
Medium
Single channel video work
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4038
 
http://www.vimeo.com/47509330

Composer: Basil Hogios
The note was conceived when Murphy read a distant relative’s suicide letter …

 
creator of
Assembly
Date
Medium
Single channel video work
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4033
 
http://www.vimeo.com/47579644

Assembly observes a morning ritual of prayer and movement, performed by primary school students …

 
creator of
Count me in
Date
Medium
Single channel video work
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4032
 
http://www.vimeo.com/34609420

Kate Murphy’s Count me in continues her fascination with the accidental and the unaware performer …

 
creator of
Britney Love (2007)
Date
Medium
Single channel video work
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4205
 
http://www.vimeo.com/34609282

Seven years later in 2007, Murphy revisited the subject to make a follow-up of the piece, Britney Love (2007), in a direct reference to Michael Apted’s influential documentary project, the 7 up series …

 
creator of
PonySkate
Date
Medium
Video Installation
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4031
 
http://www.vimeo.com/34609549

4 channel digital video installation2 channel stereo sound
In PonySkate we view the result of a video documentation of 24 hours in the lives of two children …

 
creator of
I've been to paradise
Date
Medium
Single channel video work
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/864

I’ve been to Paradise plays with the familiar genres of pop video and home movie …

 
creator of
Britney Love
Date
Medium
Single channel video work
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4030
 
http://www.vimeo.com/47583356

Britney Love (2000) is a result of Kate Murphy’s interaction and friendship with an eleven year old girl whom she met while living in Glasgow, Scotland …

 
creator of
Prayers of a Mother
Date
Medium
Video Installation
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/863
 
http://www.vimeo.com/34609157

5 channel digital video installation
Prayers of a Mother deals with family relationships, religion and changing social roles …