aliens.au presents a survey of Australian image work: computer graphics, video and film -- not just the dazzling new, but work which articulates fissures in the contemporary Australian fabric. (Post)-colonial Australia is a migratory culture where everyone is to some degree an alien, including - - one could argue, at a social/economic and political level -- the Australian indigenous people. The video "Seven Sisters' Dreaming", from Central Australia Aboriginal Media Association Productions, shows part of the dreaming story as danced, sung and told in Pitjantjatjara language (with English subtitles), while the film "No Way to Forget" by award-winning Aboriginal director Richard Frankland looks at the issue of Aboriginal deaths in custody.
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"Time Out For Sport" by German-born Paul Winkler pushes the boundaries of the optical in-camera effects offered by 16mm, while deconstructing a national obsession: sport. "White" by da Rimini/Starrs and Alyson Bell's "Here I Sit" interpret singular madnesses, while Ian Haig's computer animation "Astroturf" takes an amusing look at the madness of unharnessed technological development, or "de-evolution" -- from the country with one of the highest take-up rates of new technologies in the world. aliens.au includes work from established artists as well as two student works. Linda Wallace |
| WHITE | Francesca da Rimini / Josephine Starrs | 1995 | 30min |
| LUMP | Patricia Piccinini | 1996 | 30sec |
| HERE I SIT | Alyson Bell | 1996 | 9min |
| WHITE-WASHING | Caroline Davies / Shane Rowlands | 1996 | 5.30min |
| EXPOSED | Tony Ayers | 1996 | 6min |
| TEXTURE | Elena Popa | 1996 | 6min |
| 500 ACRES | Lucy Lehmann | 1996 | 9min |
| SEVEN SISTERS' DREAMING (part 1) |
Central Australia Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) Productions in Associations with P.Y Media (Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Media) | 1997 | 26min |
approximate screening time: 76 minutes
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| THESE ARE THE DAYS | John Tonkin | 1994 | 90 sec |
| TIME OUT FOR SPORT | Paul Winkler | 1996 | 18 min |
| PROGRAMME | Ian Andrews | 1995 | 2.15 min |
| ASTROTURF | Ian Haig | 1996 | 6.30 min |
| FOLLOW ME | Emily Chan | 1996 | 3 min |
| FAKING AN ORGANISM | Sam Littlemore | 1996 | 3 min |
| MAN ASCENDING | John Tonkin | 1997 | 90 sec |
| NO WAY TO FORGET | Richard Frankland | 1996 | 10 min |
| PLANE TORQUE | Merilyn Fairskye | 1995 | 19.30 min |
| AIR, WATER (part 2) | John Tonkin | 1994 | 3 min |
approximate screening time: 70 minutes
Linda Wallace would like to thank SIN (Sydney Intermedia Network) , Queer Screen and Experimenta for their assistance.
