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OUTCOMES
Jemima Wyman: Pattern Bandits
5 April – 2 November 2014 | GOMA
In the sixth exhibition in the Children’s Art Centre’s series of
contemporary Australian artist commissions, Los Angeles-
based Australian artist Jemima Wyman shared her interest
in the relationships involving people, pattern and architecture.
A brightly coloured and highly patterned space saw children
explore patterns — kaleidoscopes, tessellations, camoufage and
harlequin designs — through hands-on and multimedia activities.
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Australian Cinémathèque programs
My Life As I Live It: First Peoples and Black Cinema
1 June – 1 September 2013
Presented in association with the exhibition 'My Country, I Still
Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia',
this major survey of first peoples and black cinema featured
more than 80 works from Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand,
Canada/Nunavik Canada, the United States/Anowarakowa and
the United Kingdom. A history of Indigenous Australian cinema
was central to the program and these works screened alongside
international works by indigenous and black filmmakers
addressing similar subjects of identity, culture and rights.
The Otolith Group
6–20 July 2013
The Gallery presented a program celebrating a decade of
filmmaking by The Otolith Group. Founded in 2002 by Anjalika
Sagar and Kodwo Eshun, their films are informed by the
historical legacy of the archive and the future potential of
the moving image.
Claire Denis
26 July – 30 August 2013
With this program, Claire Denis, one of France’s most
distinctive and humanist filmmakers, was given her most
comprehensive Australian retrospective to date. Denis spent
her formative years living in French colonial Africa and her
cinema approaches subjects of cultural and political tension,
as well as individual alienation, united by a sensuous approach
to characters and narrative.
Oscar Micheaux: Pioneer of Black Cinema
12 July – 4 August 2013
This program celebrated the work of Oscar Micheaux, the first
major African–American filmmaker and the most prominent
producer of ‘race films’ in the United States. The program
included three silent films with live piano accompaniment
composed and performed by Paul Hankinson.
Action, Hong Kong Style
6 September – 8 November 2013 | Ticketed program
A landmark retrospective of 70 films tracing the genesis of
Hong Kong's highly infuential action cinema. The program
ranged from early wuxia swordplay films with their Chinese
opera roots to the new kung fu cinema of the late 1960s
and 1970s, to the 'bullet ballet' of the 1980s and 1990s, and
beyond to the present day. It profiled cult films and figures
such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Sammo
Hung, as well as showcasing lesser known films and actors
deserving of broader recognition. The retrospective pointed
to the extraordinary reach of signature Hong Kong styles and
stars worldwide.
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Brought to Light: After the Curfew
1 September 2013
A special screening of the 2012 restoration of Usmar Ismail’s
classic of Indonesian cinema
Lewat Djam Malam
(
After the
Curfew
) 1954 was presented by the Gallery.
Brought to Light: Araya
9–10 November 2013
The Gallery presented Australian premiere screenings of the
recent restoration of the landmark Venezuelan film
Araya
1959 by leading Latin American filmmaker Margot Benacerraf.
Live Music and Film: Shiraz
10 November 2013
A special screening of Franz Osten and Himanshu Rai’s
beloved silent film
Shiraz
1928 was presented and featured
live accompaniment by DVA (Tunji Beier and Linsey Pollak),
who created a score inspired by the musical traditions of
southern India.