Workshop

February 21 2025, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

OPEN STUDIO | VIDEO HITS 2 – Screening and Artist Talk

Melbourne Art Fair
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 2A Clarendon St, South Wharf

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Rock up to Video Hits 2, an afternoon of faithfully recreated music videos by Arts Project Australia artist and major music fan Danny Lyons. Video Hits 2 boasts a compilation of classics by legendary artists such as Guns’n’Roses; Hanson, Lou Bega, and more, with a new star at the centre. Lyons inserts himself into the picture and performs as his idols, stepping into the spotlight to connect with them and pay homage. To find out more about Lyons inspirations, methodology and current practice, stay for an artist talk between Danny Lyons and APA staff artist Lesley Pinder.

Danny Lyons is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice spans drawing, photography and video. Finding inspiration in his heroes, Lyons reimagines himself as iconic figures in pop culture, creating playful fan art derived from content featuring Silverchair, KISS, Rambo, Joan Jett, Gremlins, E.T., the Essendon Bombers, and AC/DC, among others. Lyons has worked in the Arts Project Australia studio since 2017. He has exhibited widely and held solo screenings and discussions on his celebrated video work.

Arts Project Australia Open Studio, Booth K1

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If you require any additional information or would like to get in touch please email: caroline.anderson@artsproject.org.au

Open Studio is supported by a City of Melbourne Arts Grant.

Image: Danny Lyons, Danny Lyons as Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock (2019).

OPEN STUDIO | VIDEO HITS 2 – Screening and Artist Talk

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the place now called Victoria, and all First Peoples living and working on this land. We recognise and celebrate the cultural heritage, creative contributions, and stories of the First Peoples of Victoria. We pay respect to Elders of today, emerging Elders of tomorrow and Elders of the past.

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