Coming up at the ACMI in Melbourne (January-February 2014)

A fantastic series of events and film screenings are coming up at ACMI in Melbourne, so we thought we’d fill you in on some of the highlights.

Judy Dalton joins ACMI to discuss battle of the sexes

This Friday, 17 January, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in conjunction with the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) will host a panel discussion with champion tennis player Judy Dalton and special guests to talk about the seminal tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in 1973. The discussion will follow a special screening of the acclaimed documentary, Battle of the Sexes.

Battle of the Sexes screens at ACMI until 13 February 2014. The panel discussion with Judy Dalton and guests is on Friday 17 January, 7.30pm. For tickets and more information visit acmi.net.au/battlesexes.

Australian Hip-Hop and The Moving Image

As part of its Australia Day celebrations, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) is presenting a unique cross-cultural event entitled Australian Hip Hop and the Moving Image. It’s hosted by MC Yung Philly, a founding member of Massive Hop Hop and will features performances by local hip hop artists including 16 year-old MC Ror. The free, 90 minute event looks at how video is used in Australian hip hop music and culture and serves as a companion to Spectacle: The Music Video Exhibition, which is showing at ACMI until Sunday 23 February. Guest speakers will include filmmakers Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore and Ez Eldin Deng, who is also one of the forces behind SudMedia, an organisation offering professional development in filmmaking and media production to young African artists.

Australian Hip Hop and the Moving Image takes place 2pm to 3.30pm in Studio 1 at ACMI on Sunday 26 January 2014. Entry is free but spaces are limited. Tickets are available on the day from the ACMI Tickets & Information Desk. Movement: Clips from Australian Hip Hop Culture will be broadcast on the outdoor screen in Federation Square throughout the Australia Day weekend. For further information, visit acmi.net.au/talks-live-events.htm

A Life Exposed: Robyn Beeche

The story of an Australian-born woman who arrived in London in the mid 70s and promptly became one of the city’s top photographers, A Life Exposed: Robyn Beeche is directed byLesley Branagan. Celebrated for her ground-breaking images of painted bodies, as well as her collaborations with counter-culture artists and designers of the time – including Vivienne Westwood, Divine, Zandra Rhodes and Steve Strange – Beeche also documented the London club scene, and collaborated with fellow Aussie expat, Leigh Bowery.

A Q&A with Robyn Beeche and Lesley Branagan will follow a screening at ACMI Cinemas on Saturday 1 February with additional screenings to follow through February and March. More details: http://www.acmi.net.au/oz_life_exposed.aspx

The Legend of Leigh Bowery

Directed by Charles Atlas, The Legend of Leigh Bowery explores the life of one of the 20th Century’s greatest provocateurs. Hailing from Sunshine, Victoria, Bowery became renowned on the London clubbing scene for his outrageous costumes and avant garde inclinations. A performer at heart, he explored his often polarising ideas through fashion, music and art.

The Legend of Leigh Bowery screens 8 February to 8 March at ACMI Cinemas. Details: http://www.acmi.net.au/oz_leigh_bowery.aspx

Jia Zhangke: A Touch Of Sin

From 1 to 28 February, ACMI will present a month long season of Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of Sin. In competition for the converted Palme d’Or and winning Best Screenplay at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, his latest release is a portrait of contemporary China, told through the true stories of four individuals. For more information on session times and tickets, visit acmi.net.au/lp_touch_sin.aspx

White Night Melbourne at ACMI

Commencing Saturday 22 February at 7pm, ACMI will be a part of White Night Melbourne, an event that transforms the city into an all-night wonderland. Alongside Melbourne’s finest arts and cultural venues, ACMI will open its doors for this entire 12-hour event, providing free entry to a special selection of film, exhibitions and a chill-out lounge.

The unique cinema event, Tim Winton’s The Turning, created by award-winning Melbourne based director-producer Robert Connolly, will be re-imagined for White Night Melbourne in an extraordinary way. Eighteen directors from diverse artistic backgrounds each interpret one chapter of Tim Winton’s novel The Turning. Each chapter will be staged in a different environment and location across White Night Melbourne, guided by the core themes, ideas and experiences in each story.

In Gallery 1, explore music video as an art form in Spectacle: The Music Video Exhibition.With over 350 clips spanning nine decades, the exhibition examines how the art of the music video has progressed, from clips of 1920s jazz legends through to videos by Madonna, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire and other contemporary artists.

Gallery 2 hosts the multi-channel video work, Angelica Mesiti: The Calling. The recipient of The Inaugural Ian Potter Moving Image Commission, the Sydney/Paris-based Mesiti worked in Turkey, Greece and the Canary Islands to research and film an intriguing portrait of whistling languages, a disappearing method of communication used in isolated rural communities.

Cinema 1 hosts the Vladmaster Viewmaster™ Experience, an intriguing mix of private viewing in a communal space, where audience members are provided with a ViewMaster™ viewer and a set of Vladmaster disks to interact with two stories over a 20 minute period.

Drawing on the success of last year’s 101 Zombie Kills, Cinema 2 hosts Title: Sequence, a specially compiled program of some of the most astonishing, epic and inventive movie opening title sequences ever produced.

The Lightwell will be converted into a LightLounge – a chill-out zone allowing visitors to submerge in a sound and image soaked environment. Light projections and VJ/DJs will transform the space making it the perfect place to stop and relax during White Night Melbourne.

White Night Melbourne takes over the city from Saturday 22 February 7pm until Sunday 23 February 7am, with free entry to all ACMI events between these times. For further info visit www.acmi.net.au/white-night.aspx

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