Image:
Christian Thompson
Bayi Gardiya (Singing Desert) 2019
(video still)
from 5.30pm 9th Dec 2022—26th Feb 2023
Bennett Gallery
An ACMI Touring Exhibition
Showcasing six moving image artworks by Australian artists, this exhibition celebrates ACMI’s vibrant collecting and commissioning program.
Working in video offers artists the opportunity to use editing as their primary technique; mixing and matching elements from other films or their own work to tell new stories. By remixing or rearranging footage they build different rhythms and moods, create hilarious juxtapositions or shed new light on cultural cliches and presumed histories. The works in this exhibition all demonstrate an irrepressible desire to bring deep themes to the surface with humour and an incredible attention to detail.
ACMI’s collection has a rich, 75-year history from its inception as the State Film Centre in 1946. Since its incarnation as ACMI in the early 2000s, the collection has expanded to include artworks and experimental film. ACMI now holds a significant archive of complex, time-based media works and videogames, as well as an ever-expanding repository of digitised content and born-digital material.
Artists
Kaylene Whiskey, Ngura Pukulpa – Happy Place, 2021
Jason Phu, Analects of Kung Phu, Book 1, The 69 Dialogues between the Lamp and the Shadow, 2021
Deborah Kelly, The Gods of Tiny Things, 2019
Zanny Begg, The Beehive, 2018
David Rosetzky, Gaps, 2014
Christian Thompson, Bayi Gardia (Singing Desert), 2019
About ACMI
ACMI is the museum of screen culture. Navigate the universe of film, TV, videogames and art with us. Located in the heart of Melbourne, ACMI celebrates the wonder and power of the world’s most democratic artform – fostering the next generation of makers, players and watchers. ACMI’s vibrant calendar of exhibitions, screenings, commissions, festivals, and industry and education programs explore the stories, technologies and artists that create our shared screen culture.
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Acknowledgements
Benalla Art Gallery acknowledges the support of our technology partner Panasonic and local sponsor Ray White Benalla. This project has been made possible with support from the Victorian Government through the Living Local Regional Grants Program and Engage!
