Ellis D Fogg

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name = Ellis D Fogg
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birth_date = Roger Foley 24 January 1942
birth_place = Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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education = Newington College
occupation = Lumino kinetic sculptor
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nationality = Australian
website = http://fogg.com.au/foggcv.html

Ellis D Fogg is the pseudonym of Roger Foley (born 24 January 1942 - ) who the National Film and Sound Archive have described as Australia's "most innovative lighting designer and lumino kinetic sculptor." The term Lumino Kinetic Art was first used in 1966 by Frank Popper, Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Paris. [ [http://fogg.com.au/foggcv.html#notes Fogg Productions Pty Ltd ] ]

Early life

Foley was born in Cairns, Queensland and attended Newington College (1957-1959). [Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp66] In the late 1960s he started designing rock concerts and psychedelic light shows. His experimental light shows through to the 1970s were precursors to present multi-media installation.

Yellow House

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 Whitely, 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. [ Transcript of TV interview by George Negus of some of the Yellow House artists on 15/09/2003 ]

Current Work

While continuing as an artist Foley is a producer of light shows and architectural theming for festivals and events. He was part of the "Yellow House Retrospective" at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1992 and was a finalist in the Blake Prize for Religious Art in 2003 and 2007.

References

Bibliography

* "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