> Computers are Fun
by Sally Pryor 1988
Soundtrack by Andrew Quinn
An experimental video artwork
Playfully explores possibilities, relationships and intersections between gender, art and technology
Barbie, as a role model for young girls, confidently manipulates the computer and leads the way
Ends by introducing a note of caution: "Use With Care"
Video retrieved from a neglected videocassette as a part of the “Creative Micro-computing in Australia, 1976-1992” ARC Future Fellowship.
Production
Produced in downtime at The Video Paint Brush Company using a Quantel paint box to digitise, manipulate and animate images
Images were subsequently combined, edited and re-worked in video post-production at Metro TV
With help from Jill Scott and Felicity Coonan
Awards etc
Finalist, Independent Awards, Australian Video Festival 1988
Selected for Bad Toys The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, December 1994
Selected for An Eccentric Orbit a travelling survey exhibition of contemporary Australian electronic media art
This show premiered at The Museum of Modern Art, New York in December 1994
Subsequently exhibited in leading galleries, museums and media arts centers in USA and Europe
The work is discussed by Stephen Jones in Synthetics: A History of the Electronically Generated Image in Australia