Pictures 1980
Catalogue / Memoir
Introduction
Pictures
Objects
Animations
PICTURES are both finished and ephemeral works made for animations.
1949---- 1950---- 1951---- 1952---- 1953---- 1954---- 1955---- 1956---- 1957---- 1958---- 1959---- 1960---- 1961---- 1962---- 1963---- 1964---- 1965---- 1966---- 1967---- 1968---- 1969---- 1970---- 1971---- 1972---- 1973---- 1974---- 1975---- 1976---- 1977---- 1978---- 1979---- 1980---- 1981---- 1982---- 1983---- 1984---- 1985---- 1986---- 1987---- 1988---- 1989---- 1990---- 1991---- 1992---- 1993---- 1994---- 1995---- 1996---- 1997---- 1998---- 1999---- 2000---- 2001---- 2002---- 2003---- 2004---- 2005---- 2006---- 2007---- 2008---- 2009---- 2010---- 2011---- 2012---- 2013---- 2014---- 2015---- 2016---- 2017---- 2018---- 2019---- 2020---- 2021---- 2022---- 2023---- 2024---- 2025---- 2026----
Still Lives
At the Paul Hammond ballet school I film and animate students.
In the Ripponlea ballroom I learn and perform Renaissance dance,
and how the Sun Kingused dance to control would-be rivals in his court.
Mirka Moira draws a curious creature and a message in my book.
William Kelly directs me to perform nude in his film about a rose.
Al Wunder's scores for improvisation inspire my animations.
1980 Still Lives
Screen shot from st.8 film
Ripponlee ballroom,
Melbourne
1980 Mercer road dinner
Found photo
By mistake I serve
strawberries with salt.
EVENTS
1980. 9 Jan: Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser announces sanctions against the Soviet Union following its invasion of Afghanistan.
1980. 17 Jan: Debbie Wardley becomes Australia's first female pilot to take to the skies when she co-pilots a Fokker Friendship on Ansett Flight 232 on the so-called "milk run" from Alice Springs to Darwin.[2] The flight marks the end of a 15-month legal battle with Ansett Airlines to overcome gender-based discrimination which had prevented her from earlier taking the controls.
1980. 25 March: Defence Minister James Killen announces that Cockburn Sound Western Australia will offer base and home port facilities to the United States Navy.
1980. 3 April: It's revealed that a sensitive report entitled The Threat of the Internal Security of Australia is lost by the Office of National Assessments.
1980. 30 April: Automotive company Chrysler Australia Limited is taken over by Japanese company Mitsubishi after the American-based Chrysler Corporation sold its Australian subsidiary to the dynamic Japanese automobile manufacturer for $80 million.[15] The declining fortunes of Chrysler's North American operations forced the sale.
1980. 15 May: The telecommunications tower on Canberra's Black Mountain is officially opened.
1980. 26 May: The High Court of Australia building in Canberra is opened by Queen Elizabeth II.[23] Prince Philip is also in attendance.
1980. 23 June: Australia's first "test tube baby" Candice Elizabeth Reed is born in Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital.
1980. the Iran-Iraq War begins;
1980. Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 people;
1980. John Lennon is shot and killed in New York City, shocking the world;
1980. the 1980 Summer Olympics are held in Moscow amid a widespread boycott led by the United States;
1980. the Bologna massacre kills 85 people in Bologna;
1980. Operation Eagle Claw fails in Iran during the Iran hostage crisis;
1980. the Iranian Embassy siege unfolds in London;
1980. the 1980 Irpinia earthquake devastates southern Italy;
1980. the 1980 United States presidential election sees Ronald Reagan defeat Jimmy Carter, ushering in the Reagan era.
Written by me, Lisa Roberts/Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill), on
21/04/2026
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