ABOUT
Malcolm McKinnon is an Australian artist, filmmaker, curator and ghost-wrangler working mainly in the realms of social history and digital media. He has an abiding interest in the surprising labyrinths of living memory and the peculiar beauty of local vernacular. Over the past thirty years his work has encompassed documentary filmmaking, oral history, urban planning, public and community art projects, critical writing and exhibitions. (Sometimes he also makes paintings and drawings.) Much of his work is produced with and for rural and regional communities.
Current Projects
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FLIP THE FOOD BOWL
A documentary film project exploring strategies pursued by farmers and food activists in the Sunraysia region - one of Australia's great food bowls - to hack dominant export supply chains so that local people can access fresh local produce. Streaming now HERE Developed in collaboration with Melinda Hinkson (Institute for Future Cooperation) and Deb Bogenhuber (Floodplains & Food) |
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RED, WHITE and BLACK - more than a game
A documentary film project with the Koonibba Football and Netball Club in regional South Australia, in collaboration with Andrew G. Taylor and others. (See teaser) |
curriculum vitae
| malcolm_mckinnon_cv-2025.pdf |