Image Plus

Mary Callaghan received her first grant from John Flaus and the Experimental Film Fund whilst a student at Swinburne. This was used to produce the short film Image Plus. It was shown during 1975 in the Silver Palace heritage cinema at St. Kilda, as part of the Women＇s International Film Festival. Her poster "It＇s hard to change your lifestyle overnight" 1975-6 was associated with the film. Mary was on the Victorian organising collective for this important festival held during the first International Women＇s Year. The same collective went on to produce Lip - A Magazine of the Visual Arts (1976-1983) for which Mary contributed graphic and textual works, including the cover for the 1977 edition and the "Blood is blood is blood" insert poster. ...