File 05: Simon Hunt interviews by Scott McKinnon and photograph by Troyt Coburn

file

approximately 2021-2023

Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9669375

3 audio files (5hrs., 54 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
1 photograph - digital, JPEG, colour

Simon Hunt (1962-) is an artist and musician utilising a wide range of media including video, music and live performance. Much of his work focus on the aesthetics and politics of the gay community. His better known works has taken the form of drag persona Pauline Pantsdown, a parody of Australian politician Pauline Hanson. Hunt was a lecturer in Media Arts at the University of New South Wales, 1990-2020.

Scott McKinnon is a historian with a research background in oral history, environmental history and histories of sexuality. McKinnon has been awarded the Oral History Australia Media Award, 2019 and the Nancy Keesing Fellowship at the State Library of New South Wales, 2021. He is the vice president of Sydney's Pride History Group and Oral History New South Wales.

Reference:
Frost, Andrew. 2013. 'Simon Hunt'. Design and Art Australia Online. Accessed 14 April 2023. https://www.daao.org.au/bio/simon-hunt-1/biography/
La Trobe University. 'Dr Scott McKinnon'. Accessed 14 April 2023. https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/sjmckinnon

ITEM 1
Simon Hunt interview by Scott McKinnon, 16 August 2022

ITEM 2
Simon Hunt interview by Scott McKinnon, 17 August 2022

ITEM 3
Photograph of Simon Hunt as Pauline Pantsdown / by Troyt Coburn

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