the best sheepherder in NZ
Yesterday I tagged along with Alex who had organized a video shoot at a farm deep in the NZ sheepland with a top notch sheepherder and his dogs. Before I left home I had a meeting with TRIP Contemporary Dance concerning doing a sound score for a dance work called Herding Instinct which is concerned with herding dogs and sheep. What a coincidence that we are working on a similar project! So I shot some footage myself (with Alex's permission) as part of my research. It was a lucky day all around. Most of the time it is raining and/or cloudy(NZ winter). It was sunny all afternoon, then as we drove back it poured buckets.
posted by Ken at
3:32 PM
2 Comments:
good stuff Ken!
loads of 'kiwis' grew up woth a TV programme called The Dog Show - mention it to anyone and they will probably respond with the the theme song
but watching the incredible connection between dog and herder and the superb choreography of the sheep has huge 'cultural' resonance for us :)
hey Ken! good to see some manifestation from SCANZ -- still waiting for a stream or synchronous connection! blog looks good -- & the kite project is fascinating. & I've been taking care of 6 sheepdogs (albeit Aussies -- Australian Sheepdogs) for the past weeks -- fun to work on herding, amazing animals!
go for it!
cheers (now) from NYC
John
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