Experiencing Interruptions?

The Light Thief

What happens when light itself becomes are marketable commodity, commercialised and corporatised for the profits of a few? Who controls the data when photon streams can be decoded to reveal information about their sources, information that can be used to control and coerce the users of light?

Such is the world of the Light Thieves. They have the code; they have the devices; they have the appropriate locations. Yet their role in the trade of light is ambiguous: whose side are they really on? This is a record of the log of just one Light Thief, known only as Black Box.

  • Ian Gibbins
    video / audio / text / code
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    poetry video, poetry, video art, sound art
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 23, 2026
  • Production Budget:
    500 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English, Other
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography

Ian Gibbins is a widely published and exhibited poet, video artist and electronic musician living in South Australia. His award-winning video poetry, video art and audio art have been exhibited to acclaim at festivals, installations, galleries and public art displays around the world. Until he retired in 2014, Ian was an internationally recognised neuroscientist and Professor of Anatomy at Flinders University, South Australia.

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