Karrajong Heights, is a work in response to a trip I made to East Coast Australia earlier this year.
It examines the almost visceral mutation from day into night, the transition from the repressed energy of the suburban day into the extraordinary patterns and screams of the raw natural environment at night.
As the heat of the day fades away from this utopian suburbia, lights go on, worlds start to shrink and local media spreads like a virus into homes, relentlessly hawking its message 'the bogeyman is real'.
It examines the almost visceral mutation from day into night, the transition from the repressed energy of the suburban day into the extraordinary patterns and screams of the raw natural environment at night.
As the heat of the day fades away from this utopian suburbia, lights go on, worlds start to shrink and local media spreads like a virus into homes, relentlessly hawking its message 'the bogeyman is real'.
Director
Producer
Editor
Length
5:43
Released
01 May 2013
Genre
Country
Edition
Subtitles
None
Permalink
More by 
Tessa Garland
I originally trained as a sculptor but for many years my work has been preoccupied with the moving image. Cinematic language allows me to explore and create places by piecing and layering together footage of journeys through spaces. I tend of focus on a place, landmark or idea and work with it over a long period of time, allowing it to grow in significance. I often build scale models to help me..
> Read more
I originally trained as a sculptor but for many years my work has been preoccupied with the moving image. Cinematic language allows me to explore and create places by piecing and layering together footage of journeys through spaces. I tend of focus on a place, landmark or idea and work with it over a long period of time, allowing it to grow in significance. I often build scale models to help me..
> Read more