ABOUT

Tom Phillipson is an Australian Curator, Project Manager and Digital media producer, working primarily with video, motion graphics, music and sound production. In his career Tom has received a number of grants, with the most recent being from the Australia Council to establish a Berlin based production studio in 2012 at the renowned cultural hub and club Stattbad Wedding, home of Boilerroom.tv

Tom is also co-host and producer behind Vantagepointradio.com, an urban art interview podcast which over the last 10 years have featured international heavyweights such as The London Police, D*Face, Ron English, Nychos and Tristan Eaton to name a few. With his co-host James Bullough, they have produced over 160 episodes since 2014 and have been invited to cover festivals such as Denver Walls, Shine Mural Festival St Petersburg, Artscape Sweden, Pow Wow Hawaii, Roskilde Festival Denmark and Seawalls New Zealand.

He has a Masters in Curation and Cultural policy from UNSW Art&Design,  which is put to good use producing numerous Mural projects for Hornsby Shire Council and others.

Recently returned from 7 years living in Berlin Germany, he has produced film clips for electronic artists such as Dominik Eulberg, Piemont, Sacha Robotti, Noah Pred, Emerson Todd and Deepchild to name a few. He has also worked with commercial clients such as Vice Magazine, Carhartt WIP and Eastpak Germany.

Over the past 10 years he has performed and VJ’d in some of the most respected clubs and festivals in Berlin including Tresor, Week End, Gretchen, Cookies, Ritter Butzke, Lido, Monarch and Tacheles, as well as VJing 5 years in a row at one of Germanys largest electronic music festivals, Fusion Festival.  He has provided support visuals for acts such as Grooverider, Noisia, Marcus Intalex, Ulterior Motive, Black Milk, El-P, Exile feat. Blu, Kutmasta Kurt, James Pants and Deepchild.