Paging Mr Hitchcock is a poetic performative video installation work by the notable Australian artist John Conomos. This new artwork is essentially a homage to the artistry of the legendary Hollywood film-maker Alfred Hitchcock, known globally as the ‘master of suspense’. However the artwork also traces the artist's own post-colonial narrative and autobiographical trajectory as an artist, cinephile and writer who has been impacted by migrancy, fragmentation, vulnerability and trauma.

Paging Mr Hitchcock reveals Hitchcock to be a witty and poker-faced showman, who was also a surrealist at heart. His ‘film noir’ reputation created iconic films underscored by the absurdity of life, the primacy of existentialism, the gothic and the theatre of the absurd. In responding to Hitchcock’s oeuvre, artist John Conomos has created a complex piece working across a number of contemporary art forms including video art, new media, cinema, and literature. 

Featured image - John Conomos, still from video projection, Paging Mr Hitchcock