Australian Cinémathèque
Australian Cinémathèque
The Gallery’s Australian Cinémathèque, at GoMA, presents retrospective and thematic film programs and exhibitions, exploring the important lines of influence between the moving image and other areas of visual culture, and showcasing the work of influential filmmakers and artists. Its mission is to collect, conserve, present and interpret film and screen culture.
Facilities include two cinemas, with more than 300 seats combined. The smaller cinema features retractable seating to allow for multimedia performances and events. There is also a dedicated media gallery for screen-related exhibitions, and facilities for video production.
Significant international, Asian, Pacific, Australian and Indigenous Australian artists are represented in the Gallery’s film and moving-image collection. Other collection development areas include video art that responds to the specific history and genres of cinema; animation, especially from Asia; and conceptual art and its legacy through performance.
The Gallery’s Australian Cinémathèque is an Associate Member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), an organisation of the world’s leading film archives dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of film.
Monsters
19 April – 2 June 2013 | Australian Cinémathèque | Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) | Ticketed
Since the beginning of cinema, filmmakers have been driven to create monstrous characters, drawing on folklore and literature for inspiration. From the 1930s, Dracula embodied the lust and violence in society, while Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and King Kong, offered cautionary tales of science gone mad, and expressed fears of evolutionary theory and of the outsider. In the 1950s, anxiety regarding the atomic age inspired the oversized monster Godzilla, while in the 1960s, the shock of new wars brought plagues of the undead to the screen... Read more
My Life As I Live It: First Peoples and Black Cinema
2 June – 1 September 2013 | Australian Cinémathèque, Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) | Free admission
The Gallery’s Australian Cinémathèque presents a survey of first peoples and black cinema from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States and United Kingdom. At the centre of this program is a history of Indigenous Australian cinema shown alongside works that resonate internationally addressing themes of identity, culture and rights.... Read more
Claire Denis
26 July – 30 August 2013 | Australian Cinémathèque | Gallery of Modern Art
A major retrospective of one of France’s most celebrated directors Claire Denis, including Chocolat 1988, Beau Travail 1999, White Material 2009 and many other films... Read more
The Otolith Group
6–20 July 2013 | Australian Cinémathèque | Gallery of Modern Art The Otolith Group was founded in 2002 by Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun. Their work variously includes curating, programming, publishing and filmmaking... Read more
