The Call - the third of four films as a part of From the Mouth (all footage from within 1km of Kororoit mouth)
Vocals and Lyrics: Tina Kopa
Keys and Arrangement: Michael Havir
Guitar and Bass: Simon Asquith
Saxophone and backing vocals: Leo Dale
Drums: David Murphy
Videography and Editing: David Murphy
Colour balance: Leo Dale
Recorded by Leo Dale and Michael Havir
Mixed and Mastered at Wefo Studios by Leo Dale
Musical Producer: Leo Dale
Executive Producer: David Murphy
The Call was written by Tina Kopa as a part of From the Mouth, a music/film project about the mouth of the Kororoit Creek. It is a response to the amazing natural beauty that lies largely hidden within a stones throw of the nearby legacy petrochemical facilities.
From the Mouth was funded by Hobsons Bay City Council as a part of the Make it Happen Grants. THE CALL
What’s the destination?
Does someone know the way?
We’re on a train going nowhere
Playing the same old game
We bought the ticket
We took the ride
Watched it all pass us by
Feigned we didn’t know
Is this the last call?
Is this the last stand?
Before it all falls.
Love doesn’t know fighting
Love doesn’t cheat or lie
No dividing
Love needs no applause
Loves an open door
And there’s always more.
Always more.
Look what happened when we..
made ourselves the boss
Set out all the rules
Claimed our territories
Passed down our tragedies and glories
We lost our way
How we compromise
Bludgeon and brutalise
In the name of God and country
Is this the last call ?
Is this the last stand?
Before it all falls.
Love doesn’t know fighting
Love doesn’t cheat or lie
No dividing
Love needs no applause
Loves an open door
And there’s always more.
Always more
Lands, seas, skies – Will we heed the call.....#fromthemouth #thecall #kororoitcreek #jawbonemarinesanctuary
Tank to Shallows - the second of four films as a part of From the Mouth. A music/film project based from the mouth of the Kororoit Creek. Funded by Hobsons Bay City Council and made by seven local artists.
Music by -
Keys: Michael Havir Percussion: Bart Willoughby Bass: John O’Hagan Saxophone: Leo Dale
Video: David Murphy
Camera operators: Leo Dale and David Murphy
Music and Video Producer: Leo Dale
Executive Producer: David Murphy
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Wefo Studios
For maximum enjoyment, please use headphones and watch in 4K
Tank to Shallows is basically one shot. It starts looking directly into a gigantic, abandoned oil storage tank, and then moves across a wasteland to the shadow of a recently demolished sister tank whose remains are being sorted by a 30 ton excavator.
Crossing the Kororoit river, it moves into another world. A natural world.
Mangroves, saltbush, salt pans, tea tree, beach, seagrass, pelicans, swans, gulls; they all make sublime and gentle appearances through sparkling, rippled light.
It’s a journey from the decaying world of fossil fuel, to a nearby one of thriving wetland life. Remanent, surviving, and so close.
All the while, the sublime music tracks these changes, creating an emotional framework for the camera’s journey. For your journey.
And finally it is just sand, sea and light: a meditation.
#tanktoshallows #creativecityhobsonsbay #kororoitcreek #fromthemouth #birdseye
NEW SONG COMING SOON!!! 😝😝
“State of Nowhere” has been created as part of the From The Mouth project, which recently premiered at a cool ahh unique outdoor screening!
FEATURING Aria Hall of Fame inductee Bart Willoughby, and the incredibly talented musicians Tina Kopa, Micheal Havir and John O’Hagan.
The music video was filmed on a stormy afternoon on Bunurong Land ❣️
The OFFICIAL RELEASE on Spotify and all streaming platforms is on Fri 22nd May 2026!!!!
The full MUSIC VIDEO will be available on YouTube shortly after tehe 🕺
Executive producer @davidmurphyart
Music and Video produced by @leodale at WeFO Studios.
Supported by Hobson Bay City Council through MAKE IT HAPPEN grants and made possible through the dedication and creative commitment of all involved.
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Thanks to everyone who came along to the From the Mouth premiere event at the Kororoit River Boatsheds Friday week ago.
We were blessed by the weather, and the positive response we got. It was fantastic to share this work and celebrate that place with you all. We had a blast!
Stayed tuned for the next film coming out this Friday - Tanks to Shallows - it’s a ripper.
Thanks again to Hobsons Bay City Council for funding the project, and to @taniablackwell for these photos.
#creativecityhobsonsbay #kororoitcreek #fromthemouth #jawbonemarinesanctuary #altonacoastalreserve
Down to the Mouth - the first of four films to appear on the socials as a part of From the Mouth, a music/film collaboration of 7 local artists at the mouth of the Kororoit River. This one is group devised song from a February day recording in the Boatshed - @michael_havir (keys), @ohagan932 (bass), Bart Willoughby (percussion), @leodale (sax), @excelsiormaze (vocals), @tinakopa (vocals), and (me) David Murphy (drums).
Recorded and filmed on site by the inimitable Leo Dale, with underwater (Jawbone Marine Reserve) and drone footage (Altona Coastal Reserve) by myself.
This project was funded by Hobsons Bay City Council as a part of the Make it Happen grants, and assisted into being by a great deal of passion from all the artists. Thank you all!
#kororoitcreek #kororoitcreekhistoricfishingvillage #hobsonsbaycreativecity #fromthemouth
Anyone who can guess what this is gets two free tickets to From the Mouth - four short films and music at the mouth of the Kororoit creek - next Friday night from 6pm, from some of the best in the west.
Hint: the pyramids wouldn’t be the same without them…..
#fromthemouth #waterneverlies #jawbonemarinesanctuary #westisbest #southernmostmangroves
MicroSonic by Kate Hunter and Jem Savage at the Dear Agnes show, where you will learn that we are only as small as the next smallest, and how time might be like for ants. Lovely gentle work with strangely deep vessels and soothing words from Fiona Roake.
@katehuntertheatre@savagemusics@fionaroake@_dear_agnes #microsonic #artinabox #lab #truganinaexplosivesreserve #lavertoncreek
Dylan Martorelli’s work at the Dear Agnes show today ( @dylanmartorelll@_dear_agnes ) today and next weekend. So much fun to walk into this forest of mini solar panels, alligator clips, motors, cable ties, sticks, stands, and cans playing sun powered percussion of chimes, bonks, conks, beats and scrapes. Do yourselves a favour peeps and get amongst it….lots of other cool stuff too.
@creativecityhobsonsbay #dearagnes26 #publicart #dearagnes #solarjunkpercussion
Vale Kathleen Murphy - 12/6/1939 to 6/3/2026
You were always there for me mum, always. Thanks for everything, you were a true beauty in every way. I loved your cooking, the way you hummed, your laugh, and the way you loved my boys. Go well, and give dad a hug from me. Xxx
Some Kororoit Creek legendary locals, John O’Hagan and Bart Willoughby (@ohagan932 and @bartwilloughbybandwilloughby ), looking sharp and sounding sensual.
It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to be working on From the Mouth - a local music and film project based at the mouth of the Kororoit Creek. We are making films and music from this place, about this place, and to be premiered in this place on the 24th of April. Please come!
@hbwetlandscentre@hobsonsbaycc #kororoitcreek #localfilms #jawbonemarinesanctuary #altona #mangrovebass
Into the Hive (636) - a still image from a cross species collaboration. The collective sound of 60,000 bees, as seen through Sight of Sound, and a response to “swarm” for the Forward Motion exhibition at Wyndham Gallery in September 2022.
#intothehive #cymatics #beehivesound #binaural #choasasart
