The Apiary - A film collective specialising in films made about and in collaboration with artists and designers across all disciplines.

A short film about a flower and desire.

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: "Prowler", Bohren & der Club of Gore

Commissioned by: Rogerseller

Art of Seduction

Teaser for a short film on the beauty and strength of male dancers.

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: "Binti Jua" - Rat vs Possum. Remix by Faux Pas

Commissioned by: The Australian Ballet

Ballet Men

A concept film made in collaboration with Wayne McGregor for Random Dance's UNDANCE.

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Mark Anthony Turnage

Set design: Mark Wallinger

Commissioned by: Random Dance & Sadler's Wells

 

Undance: One

Fashion film for lingerie label Light Years' Autumn/Winter season, 2013.

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Alex Badham

Light Years AW13

Fashion film for lingerie label Light Years.

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Aleks Bryant

Light Years SS12

A short film for The Avant/Garde Diaries on fashion designer Susan Dimasi (MaterialByProduct) and her muse, dance-maker Shelley Lasica.

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: The Avant/Garde Diaries

AVGD: The New Beauty

Extract of projection visuals created for Alice Topp's Scope, part of The Australian Ballet's Bodytorque season 2011

Cinematography: Stefan Duscio

Choreography: Alice Topp

Music: James Brown

Styling & costumes: Crystal Dunn

Scope

Extracts from Alice Topp's Trace.

Cinematography: Marden Dean & Zoe White

Music: Lisa Illean

Choreography: Alice Topp

Styling & costumes: Crystal Dunn & Georgia Lazzaro

Dancers: Vivienne Wong & Calvin Hannaford

Trace

A series on Australian artists who've relocated to Europe, exploring the connection between environment and artistic practice.

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: STUDIO

Martin Grant

A series on Australian artists who've relocated to Europe, exploring the connection between environment and artistic practice.
Natascha Stellmach. Conceptual Artist, Berlin

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: STUDIO

Natascha Stellmach

A series on Australian artists who've relocated to Europe, exploring the connection between environment and artistic practice.

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: STUDIO

Kat Frankie

A series on Australian artists who've relocated to Europe, exploring the connection between environment and artistic practice.

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: STUDIO

Grayson Millwood

A series on Australian artists who've relocated to Europe, exploring the connection between environment and artistic practice.

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: STUDIO

Mel O’Callaghan

Three ballerinas talk about metho, metatarsals and the meditative nature of sewing in this short film about pointe shoes

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: The Australian Ballet

En Pointe!

A short insight into how dancers of The Australian Ballet keep healthy to perform at their peak.

Music: "Bummer", by Aleks and the Ramps

Commissioned by: The Australian Ballet

Health & Lifestyle

Artists of The Australian Ballet prepare to inhabit characters onstage - the makeup is the final touch.

Cinematography: Zoe White

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: The Australian Ballet

Painting on a Character

Part three of a three-part series following The Australian Ballet's 2010 tour of Japan.

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: The Australian Ballet

Big in Japan

Part two of a three-part series following The Australian Ballet's 2010 tour of Japan.

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: The Australian Ballet

Coming Home

Part one of a three-part series following The Australian Ballet's 2010 tour of Japan.

Music: Lisa Illean & Alex Badham

Commissioned by: The Australian Ballet

We Love Japan

American Ballet Theatre head choreographer Alexei Ratmansky recreates classical comedy ballet Scuola di Ballo. Part of The Australian Ballet's 2009 Concord programme

Music: Matt Ridgway

Commissioned by: The Australian Ballet

Scuola di Ballo

UK Choreographer Wayne McGregor (Random Dance, The Royal Ballet) creates a new work, Dyad 1929 on artists of The Australian Ballet. Part of The Australian Ballet's 2009 Concord programme

Music: Matt Ridgway

Commissioned by: The Australian Ballet

Dyad 1929

We follow the final preparations for the opening night of Concord, featuring the very different works Scuola di Ballo and Dyad 1929

Music: Matt Ridgway

Commissioned by: The Australian Ballet

Scuola di Ballo vs Dyad 1929

Inside the industrial workspace of design/sculpture partnership Korban/Flaubert

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: STUDIO

Korban/Flaubert

Inside the Sydney studio of conceptual artist Julie Rapp

Cinematography: Zoe White

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: STUDIO

Julie Rrap

Inside the Melbourne studio of choreographer Lucy Guerin

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: STUDIO

Lucy Guerin

Inside the Melbourne studio of paper artist Nicholas Jones

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: STUDIO

Nicholas Jones

Inside the rural home and workspace of writer Gerald Murnane

Cinematography: Marden Dean

Music: Lisa Illean

Commissioned by: STUDIO

Gerald Murnane

About

Creative Directors Lily Coates and Gavin Youngs founded The Apiary in 2009.  The Apiary specialise in films made about and in collaboration with artists and designers across all disciplines. Commissions include works for The Australian Ballet, National Gallery of Victoria, STUDIO, Light Years, Arts Victoria, The Avant/Garde Diaries and Wayne McGregor’s Random Dance.

 

Collaborators

Some of the creative people we love working with:

Composer Lisa Illean
Cinematographer Marden Dean
Director, Animator, Editor, Composer Alex Badham
Choreographer  Alice Topp
Choreographer Grayson Millwood
Cinematographer Zoe White
Cinematographer Stefan Duscio