Stuart Page
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Stuart Page is a New Zealand
photographer, designer, documentarist and drummer.
He graduated from Ilam School of Fine Arts
(Christchurch) with a Diploma Fine Arts (Hons) in Photography in 1980. He has worked with artists on the Flying Nun
label and many lesser known counterculture
groups of his country.
After travel to U.S.A. (May-Nov 1982) his screenprinting work took on a new vigour that brought him into contact with many lo-fi music
groups. Apart from his photography and printing work, his main concern has been documentary film-making and his music group The Axemen. He has produced and directed over forty 16mm and digital music videos & shot several 16mm and digital short films and digital video documentaries, as well as 16mm and 35mm TVCs.
His work is held in collections of Museum of Modern Art
N.Y.C., NZ National Art Gallery, Dowse Gallery, Manawatu Art Gallery, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
, Auckland Public Library, Auckland School of Architecture, and others.
In 2009 his SHUSTAK (movie) won “Best New Zealand Feature Documentary” award, and he was awarded “Best Emerging New Zealand Film-Maker” at 2009 DocNZ International Film Festival Awards. An 8–page photographic portfolio of NZ Rock’n Roll appeared in Landfall (journal)
219 (“On Music” issue edited by Bill Direen).
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
photographer, designer, documentarist and drummer.
He graduated from Ilam School of Fine Arts
Ilam School of Fine Arts
The School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury was founded in 1882 as the Canterbury College School of Art. The school became a full department of the university in the 1950s, and was the first department to move to the suburban Ilam site in 1957, in the Okeover Homestead...
(Christchurch) with a Diploma Fine Arts (Hons) in Photography in 1980. He has worked with artists on the Flying Nun
Flying Nun
Flying Nun may refer to:* The Flying Nun, television series* Flying Nun Records...
label and many lesser known counterculture
Counterculture
Counterculture is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition. Counterculture can also be described as a group whose behavior...
groups of his country.
After travel to U.S.A. (May-Nov 1982) his screenprinting work took on a new vigour that brought him into contact with many lo-fi music
Lo-fi music
Lo-fi is lower quality of sound recordings than the usual standard for music. The qualities of lo-fi are usually achieved by either degrading the quality of the recorded audio, or using certain equipment. Recent uses of the phrase have led to it becoming a genre, although it still remains as an...
groups. Apart from his photography and printing work, his main concern has been documentary film-making and his music group The Axemen. He has produced and directed over forty 16mm and digital music videos & shot several 16mm and digital short films and digital video documentaries, as well as 16mm and 35mm TVCs.
His work is held in collections of Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
N.Y.C., NZ National Art Gallery, Dowse Gallery, Manawatu Art Gallery, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
The Dunedin Public Art Gallery holds the main public art collection of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Located in The Octagon in the heart of the city, it is close to the city's public library, municipal chambers, and other facilities such as the Regent Theatre.-History:The gallery was founded by...
, Auckland Public Library, Auckland School of Architecture, and others.
In 2009 his SHUSTAK (movie) won “Best New Zealand Feature Documentary” award, and he was awarded “Best Emerging New Zealand Film-Maker” at 2009 DocNZ International Film Festival Awards. An 8–page photographic portfolio of NZ Rock’n Roll appeared in Landfall (journal)
Landfall (journal)
Landfall is New Zealand's oldest extant literary journal. First published in 1947 by Caxton Press, under the editorship of Charles Brasch, it features new fiction and poetry, biographical and critical essays, cultural commentary, and reviews of books, art, film, drama and dance.Additionally, the...
219 (“On Music” issue edited by Bill Direen).