Lines of Flight 2025

The experimental music festival Lines of Flight has been running for 25 years in Dunedin. It's a premier event lauded internationally attracting performers from all over NZ and the world. I have attended every one except maybe the first in 2000. I also performed in 2009 under the moniker Tillakaratne with my friend Chris (never invited back).

I used my trusty Olympus OM 1 with Ilford Delta 3200 for the first time. The emulsion was certainly fast enough for dark gig settings but I was hampered somewhat by a 50mm lens. I also had to be careful as the shutter click was very loud in some of the quieter performances.

There were many highlights from this event (as there always are) including: Rosy Parlane, Tara Sharp, Microsoft Voices, Alastair Galbraith, Slightly Imperfect, and the panel discussion with Bruce Russell, Jo Burzynska, Jonny Marks, Pat Kraus talking with Peter Porteous.

I did not attend the Friday night session (Oct 17th) having seen many of the acts before and to pace myself. This session was one of the highlights from those who did go because of the energy of the performances.

Overall, I was pretty happy with how the photos turned out – particularly the slightly more abstract, ominous and grainy shots. Here are a selection in performance order.