Dick Donkeys Dawn 1997-1999

Together with Austrian artist Oliver Hangl and UK artist Georgina Starr, Dower was a founder member of the band ‘Dick Donkeys Dawn’. Their live debut was at the John D Rockefeller centre in Oslo, in October ’97 for the project 'Visual Artists Live on Stage'. Performances quickly followed at Bureau Friedrich in Berlin and several venues in Austria. Between 1997 and 1999, Dick Donkeys Dawn produced songs, music videos and live performances.

Dick Donkeys Dawn produced a number of films to accompany their performances and made a 3D video for the song ‘Boon & Mills’. In 1999 Dick and Dawn featured on the cover of London’s Evening Standard in an article on ‘Art school bands’. The DVD ‘Dick Donkeys Dawn – remixes by Dick’ contains videos, with live and recorded material by the band and a documentary, which was shortlisted for the Ken Russell Short Film Award in 2004.

“Dick Donkeys Dawn, a whirling dervish of a documentary, cut fast and full of strange, demented, decadent people. It was hilariously entertaining”. Ken Russell – 2004.

Their final performance was in 1999 at the Technical University in Graz, Austria. In 2004 the film for ‘Boon & Mills’ was included in the Exhibition ‘Video Hits, Art and Music Video’ at Queensland Art Gallery, Australia.

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