Ellis D Fogg
Ellis D Fogg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 January 1942 Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Newington College |
| Occupation | Lumino kinetic sculptor |
| Website | fogg |
Ellis D Fogg was the pseudonym of the Australian artist Roger Foley (born 24 January 1942). Now known as Roger Foley-Fogg, the National Film and Sound Archive has described him as Australia's "most innovative lighting designer and lumino kinetic sculptor."[1] The term Lumino kinetic art was first used in 1966 by Frank Popper, Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Paris.[2]
Early life[edit]
Foley was born in Cairns, Queensland and attended Newington College (1957–1959).[3] In the late 1950s he was encouraged by his mother to expand his interest in art, attending Joy and Betty Rainer's art and craft classes in Mosman, experimenting with light and shadow through bathroom glass and with light diffracted through the leaves of trees. His nickname at school was Fogg. It derived from his ethereal way of pondering things. LSD was legal in Australia until 1969. The name Ellis D. Fogg represented a collective. It wasn’t just about him. People would come up after his shows and want to meet Mr Fogg. He would sometimes say that was his father and he had gone home to watch the television.[1] In the 1960s he started designing rock concerts and psychedelic light shows. Albie Thoms, founder of rival Lightshow group UBU, said "Fogg is later recognised as Sydney's leading lightshow artist".[4] His experimental light shows incorporating his Light Sculpture – Lumino Kinetic sculpture through to the 1970s were precursors to present multi-media installation.
Yellow House[edit]
He was one of a group of artists who worked and exhibited at the Yellow House Artist Collective in Potts Point. The Yellow House was founded by artist Martin Sharp and between 1970 and 1973 was a piece of living art and a mecca to pop art. The canvas was the house itself and almost every wall, floor and ceiling became part of the gallery. Many well-known artists, including George Gittoes, Brett Whiteley, Peter Kingston, Albie Thoms and Greg Weight, helped to create the multi-media performance art space that may have been Australia's first 24-hour-a-day happening.[5][1]
Current work[edit]
In 2022 Foley Fogg was engaged to produce Lightshows for BLUESFEST 2022 and for NIMBIN ROOTS FESTIVAL 2022.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c EXChange Roger Foley- Fogg Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Fogg Productions Pty Ltd". Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2007.
- ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp66
- ^ Mudie, Peter. Ubu Films: Sydney Underground Movies, 1965–1970, ISBN 0-86840-512-4
- ^ Transcript of TV interview by George Negus of some of the Yellow House artists on 15 September 2003
- ^ "Byron Bay Bluesfest 2022 – Music Festival Wizard". Retrieved 6 April 2023.
Bibliography[edit]
- Mr Fogg's Music Hall, Jim Anderson (2007)
- Teen Riots to Generation X – The Australian Rock Audience, Peter Cox & Louise Douglas (Powerhouse Publishing, 1993)
- The Real Thing: Adventures in Australian Rock & Roll, Toby Creswell & Martin Fabinyi (Random House, 1999)
- Festival and Event Management, I McDonnell, J Allen & W O'Toole (Jacaranda Wiley Ltd, 1999) pp. 252–253 & 258
- Ubu Films – Sydney Underground Movies 1965–1970, Peter Mudie (UNSW Press, 1997)
- Polemics for a New Cinema, Albie Thoms (Wild and Wooley, 1977)
- Recollections of a Bleeding Heart, Don Watson (Random House 2002) pp. 333–337
- Kevin Kearney – Audio Artist, Sound Designer, Analogue Location Sound Recordist Vol. One, Brody T. Lorraine (iUniverse, USA, 2007) pp. 91 & 107
External links[edit]
- Still Turned On: Illuminating the many facets of light artist Roger Foley-Fogg, OZARTS Magazine, Autumn Edition, 2014, by Julian Leatherdale.