Computational Geophysics (2013)
My current research, as a Poster. It’s provisional, but here’s the idea: Things are, of course, evolving and changing over time. A moving target. Honing in.
Phillip Law Interview (2004/2013)
Philip Law Interview – The Antarctic Landscape – 2004 from Peter Morse on Vimeo. This is part of an interview – the rest is to be restored to stereoscopic 3D. I had the great...
Conversations about Paintings
My father is a painter – a landscape painter – and he has done this for most of his life (and all my life) – and, naturally, he’s had a strong impact upon the...
Sense of Place:: Cape Denison, Antarctica (2011)
Sense of Place:: Cape Denison, Antarctica from Peter Morse on Vimeo. Centrepiece: Cape Denison Triptych The centrepiece of a triptych video installation I made with Chris Henderson in 2011. WARNING: it is 33 minutes...
The Super 8 Epics (1977/2013)
In the late 1970’s, when I was still a kid, I really got into making Super 8 movies – and learning all about stop-motion animation and special-effects (well, in-camera ones!) My Dad borrowed various...
Dawn Walk, Hinsby Beach
It was a kind of sulphurous dawn, with bush fires on the peninsular. Remarkable.
SYN[A]: CLAVIER À LUMIÈRES (2012)
CLAVIER À LUMIÈRES was a project undertaken with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in 2012. A performance event was held at MONA on 3-4 November 2010 – details and documentation below. Clavier à lumières –...
Shipping Container Architecture inspired by Antarctic Bases
One of my great passions, having been involved in building a base in Antarctica – at Cape Dension, Commonwealth Bay – is sustainable environmentally-friendly architecture. The great lesson I learnt in this process is...
DARK – The Fulldome Movie
Dark has a dedicated Information Page here: https://www.petermorse.com.au/2019/06/dark-the-fulldome-movie/
Dark Matter Aesthetics
Support materials for an Australia Council application ‘Dark Matter Aesthetics.’ Regrettably, it didn’t ‘get up’ – but it’s beautiful anyway. Music Lux Aeterna by Gyorgy Ligeti.
Ice-Free Antarctica: Visualization (2012)
A 3-minute visualisation of the ice-free regions of Antarctica commissioned by the Australian Antarctic Division for the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XXXV. These regions are home to the terrestrial biodiversity of the Antarctic continent,...
Jangurna Story: Indigenous Astronomy – Fulldome
A 4 minute preview of the 20 minute ‘Jangurna Story’ – a fulldome movie exploring indigenous stories of the night sky around the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. This story – concerning ‘Jangurna’ (The...
Syn[a]: Visualizing Biometric Data from a Musical Performance
In December 2011 the Syn[a] Group, in concert with AARnet and the TSO, ran a 5 day workshop at the University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music, where we visualised the biometric data of musical...
Astrocinematography Road Trip (2012)
I’ve been commissioned by the Gascoyne Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Centre of Carnarvon, Western Australia, to produce a fulldome program that illustrates elements of Indigenous Australian astronomy. This will feature visualizations displayed upon a...
Banff Centre: Snowlit Morning
I awoke one morning to freshly fallen snow, all sounds softened, the orange lights hazing through the blue.
Banff Centre: 2011 Adventure Filmmakers’ Workshop
I arrived at the Banff Centre for the 2011 Adventure Fimmakers’ Workshop a couple of nights ago – after a very long flight from Hobart, Tasmania. As I was travelling with Qantas, I guess...
Experiments in Astrocinematography
R&D in astrocinematography of the the southern skies, using various motion-control camera systems we’ve developed. Environmental cinematography (landscape, skyscape, seascape, celestial) and immersive imaging in remote (and often difficult) places creates specific challenges in...
Visualizing Hansard, Visualizing Democracy
The Australian Hansard is a structured public document, available here: http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/index.htm Hansard is a record of the parliamentary discourse of our democracy. How susceptible is it to empirical analysis? How can this be represented?