Videos - 2010

Garth Knight: Window to the Divine

29 January - 6 March 2010
ACP Lounge - Free Admission

Taking advantage of the soaring ceiling in the ACP lounge, this installation by Sydney artist Garth Knight evokes the grandeur and ecumenical splendour of stained glass, while throwing a fresh light on the modern day angel.

IMAGE © Garth Knight Infinite and Infinitesimal 2009

Eric Bridgeman: The Sport and Fair Play of Aussie Rules

29 January - 6 March 2010
ACP Lounge - Free Admission

Eric Bridgeman and his eclectic troupe of young performers explore iconic Australian rituals and stereotypes from a queer, post-colonial perspective. From the rough sexiness of footy players to the brutal stereotypes of indigenous people, no topic is too taboo.

IMAGE © Eric Bridgeman Wilmaniggar 2008-09

Olivia Martin-McGuire: Sleepers

12 March - 11 April 2010
ACP Lounge - Free Admission

Compiled from the outtakes of her Sleepers project, this animated video work provides another dimension to her work.

IMAGE © Olivia Martin-McGuire Jess and Nadav Dreams

Head On Semi Finalists

30 April - 5 June 2010
ACP Lounge - Free Admission

From over three thousand entries in this innovative portrait prize, forty finalists are selected to exhibit their work at the ACP and another one hundred and fifty entrants are selected to show their work as part of a video presentation in the ACP lounge.

IMAGE © Tracey Lee Hayes

Hijacked 2 Slideshow

11 June - 17 July 2010
ACP Lounge - Free Admission

Some of the works in the Hijacked 2: Australia / Germany exhibition have been selected from extensive bodies of work. This video is an opportunity to see the rest of these series in their entirety, as well as short films and video clips by a number of the Hijacked artists.

IMAGE © Jörg Brüggemann Nam Song River, Vang Vieng, Laos 2007

Helmut Newton and Wolfgang Tillmans: Contacts Collection

23 July - 28 August 2010
ACP Lounge - Free Admission

Short Documentaries

Helmut Newton is known for his images of statuesque and predatory women in luxurious surroundings that combine fashion, sex, money and power. Wolfgang Tillmans achieved fame in the late 1980s by examining the lifestyle of his generation in terms of sexuality and the challenging of social norms.

IMAGE © Helmut Newton Rosemary McGortha and Bismark for Deutsche Vogue Berlin 1979

Robyn Beeche: Fashion Face

23 July - 28 August 2010
ACP Lounge - Free Admission

Documentary

Robyn Beeche is one of Australia’s unsung artistic visionaries. Her journey from shy Sydney secretary to celebrated 1980’s London experimental high-fashion photographer and then documenter of ancient Indian culture, is a story of radical transformation.

IMAGE © Robyn Beeche Leigh Bowery for Brutus magazine 1984. Makeup and clothes by Leigh Bowery

Bindi Cole: Ab Blaster 40,000

3 September - 26 September 2010
ACP Lounge - Free Admission

Transforming Aborigines into Fab-origines, the Ab Blaster 40,000 is the secret reason Indigenous people are so good at sport. In this mock infomercial, Bindi Cole playfully turns indigenous stereotypes on their heads.

IMAGE © Bindi Cole Ab Blaster 40,000 (video still) 2010

Stephen Dupont: Axe Me Biggie
Afghanistan - A survivor’s tale

15 October - 20 November 2010
ACP Lounge - Free Admission

Axe Me Biggie documents the series of anonymous Polaroid portraits shot on the streets of Kabul in 2006. Afghanistan - A survivor’s tale is an extract from the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent that records Dupont’s harrowing escape from a suicide bomber near Jalalabad in 2008.

IMAGE © Stephen Dupont Axe Me Biggie 2006