About us
Artistic Director Jen Lyons-Reid and Creative Producer Carl Kuddell are Tallstoreez Productionz Pty Ltd / Change Media's co-founders and joint CEO’s.
In the last three decades they have worked across community art and cultural development, TV, multi-media and experimental art. They have produced multi-million-dollar projects in collaboration with hundreds of diverse communities, to create TV series, art exhibitions, new CACD models and hundreds of short films.
Stretching their multidisciplinary skills across media, sculpture, cartooning, performance and conceptual art, Jen and Carl draw on critical and intersectional theory, true-cost ecology and decades of experience in social justice movements, with a generous dollop of absurdist existentialism and situationist art interventions.
In process and outcome their creative experiments explore how privileged normality masks systematic brutality - to reframe our collective beliefs and actions around equity and justice.
Find FULL CV and BIO below.
Accolades
2022 The Last Elephant On Earth, selected for the Adelaide Film Festival, funded by SAFC, AFF and Panavision, shortlisted for AWGIES Best Short Script
2021 _this breath is not mine to keep: Cycles, selected for the ‘Top 100 Australian Shorts’, St Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne
2021 The Loop, Finalist Short Documentary AIDC Awards, Australian International Documentary Conference, Melbourne
2020 The Loop, Finalist Global Diversity Awards, MIPCOM, Paris, France + selected for the SBS OnDemand Film Festival
2020 The Loop, Winner Best Short Documentary, Oxford International Film Festival, USA
2020 The Loop, ATOM Finalist, Short Documentary, Australian Teachers Of Media Awards + Finalist, Athens Short Film Festival, Greece
2020 Dusty Feet Mob - This Story’s True, Winner Best Community Documentary, International MyHero Film Festival Los Angeles, USA
2020 Dusty Feet Mob - This Story’s True, Winner Best Documentary, South Australian Screen Awards + screenings across SA through Nunga Screen
2019 Deadly Family Portraits, TV Series ABC iView
2018 Our Port Augusta Footprints, screenings across SA, Nunga Screen, Country Arts SA
2018 What Privilege?, presentation and workshops, Adelaide Festival of Ideas, with AAV and Ngarrindjeri, supported by Nexus Arts
2017 Ngarrindjeri Shorts Season 2: Speaking for SeaCountry, acquisition by ABC iView
2017 Creating Together - what can possibly go wrong?, critical literacy forums, Australia Council for the Arts and Arts SA
2016 Ngarrindjeri Shorts Season 1: Everything Is Connected, Winner Best Factual Web Series, International WebFest Melbourne + acquisition by ABC iView
2015 Flow + We Are Ngarrindjeri, National River Award, for collaboration with Ngarrindjeri communities
2014-2016 Interrogations of power and privilege in socially engaged practice, Australia Council for the Arts CACD Fellowship, Jen Lyons-Reid
2014 Weaving and Whispers, TarraWarra Biennale, projection art + performance with Ngarrindjeri women for Dianne Bell’s keynote
2013 Typology of Harm, ARC Linkage Grant Recipients, in collaboration with Victorian College of the Arts, Uni of Melbourne and Australia Council for the Arts
2013 When does the light turn on?, x-platform public artwork for Federation Square, Light in Winter commission by Robyn Archer AO, Melbourne
2012 Reframing Culture, keynote presentations, Regional Arts Australia Kumuwuki conference, Goolwa SA
2012 Change Media, keynote presentation at ACMI’s Co-Creative Media Conference, Melbourne
2012 A Life Well Lived, presentation at International Conference on living with Intellectual Disabilities, Adelaide
2011 Christie Walk, Best International Community Documentary, MyHero FIlm Festival, Los Angeles
2011 Moogy’s Yuki, Best Event, SA NAIDOC Awards
2010 Moogy’s Yuki, Special Achievement Award, MyHero Film Festival Los Angeles
2010 Change Media, selected for the Mt. Eliza CACD Leadership Lab, Australia Council and University of Melbourne Centre for Cultural Partnerships
2010 Change Media, Winner Kookaburra Award for Best National Community Project, Our Community Australia, sponsored by WesPac
2010 Nukkan. Kungun. Yunnan, acquisition by NITV
2010 Nukkan. Kungun. Yunnan, Finalist, Indigenous - Caring For Country, National Banksia Foundation Award
2009 Nukkan.Kungun.Yunnan, Special Achievement Award, MyHero Film Festival, Los Angeles
2009 First Fleet Back, acquisition by NITV
2009 10x14 Bricks interactive DVD, Winner Best Digital Innovation, SA Screen Awards
2008 The Hero Project, invited to present at the Art at the Heart Regional Arts Australia Conference, Alice Springs, NT
2008 Pinnaroo Surfer, TV series commission ABC jTV, based on The Hero Project’s Document Your World initiative
2008 The Hero Project, selected for AFTRS national Laboratory for Advanced Media Production LAMP, Sydney
2008 The Hero Project, ARC Linkage Grant Recipients, digital media, youth and CACD, with QLD University of Technology and Inspire Foundation
2007 Is Your House Killing You? TV Series commission for SBS, funded by SAFC and SBS
2007 9 Steps to become a successful underage drinker, Winner Best Practice Award for working with Regional Area Schools South Australia
2007 Directing the Hero Within DVD + website, Finalist Education, AIMIA Awards
2006 Is Your House Killing You? selected for AFTRS national Laboratory for Advanced Media Production LAMP, Perth
2006 Directing the Hero Within, Winner Best Educational Resource, ATOM Australian Teachers Of Media Awards
2006 Dreamcatcher, anti-plastic bag sculptures commissioned for Adelaide Fringe awards
2006 Tallstoreez Productionz, Winner Best New Australian Business Award, AAMI national NIES Scheme
2005 First Fleet Back, Winner Best Documentary + Audience Choice Award, SA Screen Awards
2004-6 Talking Realities, evaluation Reports, Flinders University
2002 Holiday Camp, translated into 8 languages, selected in over 500 global film festivals
CV
2020-21 _this breath is not mine to keep - climate crisis, grief and supremacy thinking, a community arts trail, linking 10 multi-arts collaborative projects at 5 exhibitions, with 27 artists and over 100 participants; supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts SA and various local councils and partners
2020-21 The Last Elephant On Earth, short drama film about climate crisis and denial, funded by SAFC, Adelaide Film Festival and Panavision
2019 The Loop, SBS, 20min disability-rights hybrid docu-soap, with artists living with disability, funded by SBS + SAFC Full Tilt initiative and AusCo
2019 Deadly Family Portraits, Consultant Series Producer and post production house, 3x 9min min series ABC iView], funded by SAFC and ABC
2019 Dusty Feet Mob - This Story’s True + The Mulka Man, short films, with Port Augusta Aboriginal communities, funded by Country Arts SA, SAFC Aboriginal Screen Initiative, AusCo
2019 The Colony - Dare to Stop Us, South Coast Regional Arts Centre, exhibition, game, with diverse artists / communities, funded by AusCo, Arts SA
2018 What Privilege?, critical literacy game workshops and public forum presentation, Adelaide Festival of Ideas
2018 What Privilege? - The Colony, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, with diverse artists / communities, funded by AusCo, Arts SA
2018 What Privilege? - The Unity of Oppression, Nexus Arts + Murray Bridge Gallery, with diverse artists / communities, funded by AusCo, Arts SA
2017 Our Port Augusta Footprints, 7min doco, created with Aboriginal communities, funded by South Australian Film Corp, Country Arts SA
2017 Creating Together - what can possibly go wrong?, national critical literacy workshops, with diverse communities, including Arts Access Victoria, funded by AusCo
2017 Ngarrindjeri Culture Hub, exhibition, website, media, artwork, with Ngarrindjeri artists and communities, funded by AusCo, Arts SA and Murray Bridge Gallery
2017 Ngarrindjeri Shorts 2 - Ngarrindjeri Speaking for SeaCountry, 4x7min mini-series for ABC iView, with Ngarrindjeri, funded by AusCo
2016 Ngarrindjeri Shorts 1 - Everything is Connected, 4x7min mini-series for ABC iView, with Ngarrindjeri, funded by AusCo and Arts SA
2015 Escape from Cloud 9, collaborative cartoon project with Francesca Da Rimini, for Selfie: Image Narrative Opiate exhibition, Sydney
2015 Nation to Nation, 25min doco on Aboriginal Regional Authorities, with Ngarrindjeri communities, for SA Government DPC
2014 We Are Ngarrindjeri, 4min promo, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, with Ngarrindjeri communities, funded by ICS Office for the Arts
2014 Weaving and Whispers, TarraWarra Biennale, projection art, with Ngarrindjeri women artists, Ngarrindjeri media team and Dianne Bell
2014 Positively Fabulous, transmedia campaign for AIDS 2014, Melbourne + ICAAP Bangkok, with AIDS communities, funded by AusCo CCPI
2014-2016 Interrogations of power and privilege in socially engaged practice, Australia Council for the Arts CACD Fellowship, Jen Lyons-Reid
2013 Flow - life giving lands and waters, 30min doco with Ngarrindjeri communities, funded by Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, DEWNR, Murray Darling Basin Authority
2012-13 When does the light turn on?, x-platform work for public screen, with refugee communities, Light in Winter, FedSquare, Melbourne, commissioned by Robyn Archer AO
2010-13 The Perfect Refugee - Shakespeare in a Time of Crisis, media + theatre lab, with refugee artists and Bell Shakespeare, funded by AusCo CCPI, Bell Shakespeare
2013 ARC Linkage Grant Recipients, with Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne and Australia Council for the Arts
2013-2015 Typology of Harm, exhibition, interactive game and performances, development supported by VCA Uni of Melbourne and Australia Council for the Arts
2012 Reframing Culture, 20min doco, daily keynote films created at the conference to reflect on our colonial frames, screened globally, with Ngarrindjeri communities, Regional Arts Australia Kumuwuki Festival
2012 A Life Well Lived, workshops + 22min doco about moving into community, with residents living with mental disabilities, funded by Strathmont Centre, Health SA
2012 Working on Country Rangers Forum, workshops + media production, with Ngarrindjeri communities and rangers, funded by Dept of Sustainability
2012-2014 Bidgee Binge, 4x WIN TV ads for anti-binge-drinking initiative, with rural youth communities, Leeton Shire, funded by AusCo CCPI
2011-13 The Perfect Refugee, media workshops + ASRC virtual tour, with refugee communities, funded by AusCo CCPI, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
2011 The Perfect Refugee, media + theater workshops, with refugee communities and Shahin Shafaei, funded by AusCo CCPI, Aus Refugee Association
2010 Mt. Eliza CACD Leadership Lab, Australia Council and University of Melbourne Centre for Cultural Partnerships
2010 Culture Shock, 10min doco, funded by AusCo CCPI, Aus Refugee Association
2010-19 Change Media, lead artists, facilitators, mentors; multiple x-art projects nationally; funded by Australia Council for the Arts (2-year + 3-year CCPI + annual grants), Indigenous Cultural Support Office for the Arts (3-year); Arts SA. Partners: Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Bell Shakespeare, Fedsquare, VicHealth, headspace, Nexus Arts, Arts Access, Propel Youth Arts WA, Feral Arts, Dungog Council NSW, Country Arts SA, SAFC, Health SA
2010 Moogy’s Yuki, 26min doco about a Ngarrindjeri elder making a bark canoe, with Ngarrindjeri communities, screened globally, funded by AusCo CCPI, DEWHA, Arts SA, SA Natural Resource Management Board
2010 Christie Walk - a piece of eco-city, interactive doco project about sustainable city living, with the Christie Walk community, screened globally, funded by Urban Ecology, Arts SA, Adelaide + Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resource Management Board, Hebel Australia
2009 Nukkun.Kungun.Yunnan - Ngarrindjeri Being Heard, NITV, 22min, with Ngarrindjeri communities, funded by AusCo, Arts SA
2008-2009 10x14 Bricks - Stories from Youth in Lock-up, 60-min Youth Crime Prevention interactive DVD, with residents in Secure Care and Aboriginal communities. Commissioned by the Federal Attorney General’s Department; with the support of DEEWR
2008 ARC Linkage Grant Recipients, digital media, youth and CACD models, with Queensland University of Technology and Inspire Foundation
2008-2009 The Pinnaroo Surfer, ABC jTV, 10x3min docu-comedy series, with regional youth communities, funded by ABC TV, AusCo
2008 On the Move + What’s Yours is Mine-d, community media workshops, Dungog and Glouster Shires, NSW
2008 The Hero Project, Art at the Heart Regional Arts Australia Conference, presentation and community media workshops, Alice Springs, NT
2007 Adelaide Bites, 10 short films, with young artists, for public screens, funded by Adelaide City Council
2006-2007 Love Referendum, interactive alt-reality game/performance for public spaces, funded by Arts SA Public Art, Adelaide Fringe, mentored by Christy Dena
2006 S.Cam, interactive public video projection / performance on surveillance & body image, commissioned for the Adelaide City Council Public Art Program
2006-2008 Document Your World, first youth documentary initiative, Australian International Documentary Conference, funded by ABC, Arts SA, CASA, Apple, ACTF
2006-2007 Is Your House Killing You?, 7x25min factual science SBS series + immersive website, sold to RDF, Sundance USA, UKTV, TVNZ; funded by SAFC + SBS
2006 Dreamcatcher, x-platform artwork, projection, performance, exhibition + anti-plastic bag campaign; ANAT, Adelaide City +Adelaide Fringe, Zero Waste SA
2006 Surface Tension lab, mentors Cicarda, Adelaide, SA, funded by ANAT
2005-2010 The Hero Project, multi-platform community youth digital storytelling project + 120-min interactive training DVD, Directing the Hero Within, for young people to create and share their stories; funded by AusCo CCPI, ICS, Arts SA, SAFC, Country Arts SA, Arts NSW, Office for Youth, SA Youth Arts Board, Apple, supported by Come Out, Inspire Foundation, MyHero FF, American Film Institute, Studio 4 Learning USA, DishTV
2005 The Protest Network, doco series development, funded by Australian Film Commission + SAFC
2005 Dark Heart – City of Light, 3 interactive video-installations on fear & art, in collaboration with pvi collective’s TTS Australia, funded by Arts SA and pvi
2004 Human Pastures, 3-week city shop front projection, commissioned by ANAT Luminosity + Adelaide City
2004 meltdown – the rise & fall of empire, video projection, SALA 04
2004 Projection art lab, mentor Craig Walsh, Brisbane, Qld, funded by Arts SA
2003 A cheap holiday in other people’s misery, interactive mixed-media installation, SALA 03
2003-2005 First Fleet Back, 22-min, NITV 2017, funded by Search Foundation, Naomi Klein’s Fences & Windows Fund + MRC; screened in major festivals globally
2002 Holiday Camp, 50min refugee doco, AUS/GER, self funded, translated into 8 languages, screened in over 500 festivals
2000-2001 Unknown Germany, experimental performance, installation and tour, with performance collective Hydrax, GER/ USA
1998-2000 Talking Realities, interactive display and cartoon props for teenage mothers educational performances, still used 20 years later
1998 Arche Nova, 6-weeks community theatre tour, 350th anniversary of Peace of Westphalia, GER/ NDL
1995-2000 Drawing on the Hero Within, anti-bullying cartooning program + educational resource
1994-1995 Hindmarsh Island Bridge Designs, poster and t-shirt designs with Ngarrindjeri Elders
1988 Invasion Day Protest Designs, poster and t-shirt designs for SA ‘Always Was Always Will Be’ campaign
Presentations and Publications
2021 Climate Festival Adelaide: Change Makers – how artists respond to the climate crisis, speakers
2021 Cited in ‘The Lure of the Social – Encounters with Contemporary Artists’, Intellect Books
2020 Series of artist talks for _this breath is not mine to keep, SA
2020 Poetry anthology ‘_this breath is not mine to keep’
2019 The Colony – Dare to Stop Us, artist talks, South Coast Regional Arts Centre, Goolwa, SA
2018 Adelaide Festival of Ideas, presentation and game workshop
2018 The Unity of Oppression, artist talks, Nexus Arts and Murray Bridge Regional Gallery
2017 Cited in ‘Digital Storytelling: Form and Content’, Springer
2017 Arts Front 2030, plenary presentation on power and privilege in the arts, Melbourne
2016 Cited in ‘Side by Side? Community Art and the Challenge of Co-Creativity’, Routledge
2015 Cited in ‘Journal of Cultural Science: Community Uses of Co-creative Media’
2014 Spectres of Evaluation conference: Presenters, research partner, exhibiting artists Uni of Melbourne, ARC Linkage Grant, Footscray Community Arts
2013 Cited in ‘Critical Introduction: The Turn to the Community in the Arts’, Journal of Arts & Communities
2012 Regional Arts Australia Kumuwuki conference: Reframing Culture, 3 keynote shows
2012 ACMI, Co-Creative Media Forum, panel presentation, Melbourne Nov 2012
2012 Turn to Community in the Arts, Uni of Melbourne Symposium presentation
2011 ‘Get Of My Back’, digital media in CACD, thought piece commission, Australia Council for the Arts publication
2010 National CACD Leadership Lab, presentations, Nov 2010 Mt. Eliza, VIC
2010 Cited in ‘Socialised Technologies, Cultural Activism and the Production of Agency’
2010 Communities in Control, Melbourne May 2010, Change Media presentation
2009 Australian Secondary Principals Association national conference, Adelaide Oct 2009, The Hero Project presentation
2009 Australian Crime Education Association national conference, Perth 2009, 10x14 Bricks presentation
2009 4th National Indigenous Justice Forum, Adelaide, 10x14 Bricks presentation
2008 Mobilize This, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, The Hero Project presentation
2008 Regional Arts Australia Art at the Heart: The Hero Project presentation
2008 Inclusion in ‘Big Story Country – Great Arts Stories from Regional Australia’
2008 Digital Revolution SA showcase on new technologies; Adelaide
2007 ANZA Tech Gateway to the US Summit: Invitation-only pitching competition, to venture capital and new media investors, Silicon Valley
2007 Australian Education Conference on Wikipedia and new technologies; panel speaker and presentation, with Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, Adelaide
2007 Apple Australia Education Channel; presentation, Sydney
2007 Coding Cultures national media arts conference, presentation, Campbelltown, NSW
2006 Making Links annual conference, Directing the Hero Within presentation, Sydney
2006 Guest Lecture at Flinders University: Returning the Gaze: production in communities
2005 Electrofringe/ This is Not Art festival: Returning the Gaze presentation, Newcastle
2005 SA Annual Regional Arts Conference, Directing the Hero Within presentation, Berri
2005 National Reconciliation Week; First Fleet Back director’s talk, Reconciliation SA
2004 University of Queensland, Director’s talk, First Fleet Back, Brisbane
2002 Straight Out Of Brisbane Festival; Director’s talk, Holiday Camp
2002 Borderpanic Symposium, MCA Sydney, Director’s talk, Holiday Camp
