Daniel Mudie Cunningham

Arty Act: Please Mr Postman, 1975/2020

Video performance action.

Please Mr Postman, 1975/2020 from Daniel Mudie Cunningham on Vimeo.

Please Mr Postman is a performance action that dispenses with our present fascination with TikTok for karaoke of the past. Travel back to the day you were born, turn on that AM Radio and find out what song best represents your newfound passion for lip-syncing.

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Get to know Daniel Mudie Cunningham

Daniel’s work in Hazelhurst 20 Years is True Colours, a lip-synced recreation of Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors music video from 1986. You can watch Daniel’s version here and at Hazelhurst.

Daniel Mudie Cunningham is a curator, writer and artist living and working on Gadigal land in Sydney. He is currently Director of Programs at Carriageworks. In a past life he was the Curator at Hazelhurst. Since 1993, he has been making art in the form of music videos where he lip-syncs to the pop music of his youth.