Opening Event: Thursday 22 June, 6-8pm
Wednesday 21 June 2023 to Saturday 15 July 2023. Opening: Thursday 22 June 2023.
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia. Published by anonymous.
Opening event: Thursday 22 June, 6-8pm Free Public Program Webbing - Field Notes: Saturday July 15th, 2-3pm (registrations required)
Wednesday 21 June 2023 to Saturday 15 July 2023.
Building the Palace will assemble characters, objects, architecture and atmosphere for a new cross-cultural palace that references and critiques our current relationship with real estate, culture and memory. The artist's distinct practices will come together to reclaim the home through a fictional narrative that delves into fantasy, form, and nostalgia. Opening Thursday 27 April 6-8pm
Wednesday 26 April 2023 to Saturday 20 May 2023.
Paris Will Survive looks at the Ozploitation film, The Cars that Ate Paris, and memories of peaking through floorboards, roadkill, rust in cuts and homesickness that the film conjures up - I hope it reminds my mother of our farm. Opening Thursday 27 April 6-8pm
An exhibition of works by recent graduates from Melbourne.
Wednesday 29 March 2023 to Saturday 22 April 2023. Opening: Wednesday 29 March 2023.
Register for the workshop via the weblink.
Saturday 25 February 2023 to Saturday 25 February 2023.
Emotional Marble Memory is a poetry performance and video artwork which studies the history of classical marble sculpture, and the body as kinetic sculpture — a living, breathing subject rather than an object.
Wednesday 01 February 2023 to Saturday 25 February 2023. Opening: Thursday 02 February 2023.
When you realise your pain is not special at all, it is only the kind of pain mass-produced by Chineseness, the pain has just begun.
Mitchel Cumming is an artist and poet living and working on unceded Gadigal and Bidjigal land. His work frequently involves the establishment and/or manipulation of exhibition contexts: a process in which elements generally considered supplementary to artistic production become instead a primary material.
Thursday 12 January 2023 to Saturday 28 January 2023. Opening: Thursday 12 January 2023.
Anima Locus is an online, research-based creative work that explores memory and place in Bayu Village, Banyuwangi, Indonesia. An intermingling of the memory of the locals’ history, myth and spiritual belief is explored in architectural imprints. Artworks use a surrealist point of view to capture the intangible quality of place.
Wednesday 16 November 2022 to Saturday 03 December 2022.
This project is a multi-layered examination of the intersections of Judaism and queerness.
Wednesday 16 November 2022 to Saturday 03 December 2022. Opening: Thursday 17 November 2022.
A demonstration of mark making with found objects and artist-led tour of the current exhibition of works created in Western Queensland. Helen Hardess and Jude Roberts look at the way materials and processes are embedded into ideas of land, water and human experiences of place.
Wednesday 09 October 2019 to Saturday 26 October 2019. Opening: Saturday 12 October 2019.
We move our body through, in, out, around, over and under spaces.
Wednesday 09 October 2019 to Saturday 26 October 2019. Opening: Thursday 10 October 2019.
Yvette James’ practice focuses on fabricating spaces with the aim to affect the body through pre-intellectualised response. Her work strives for a level of conceptual accessibility by concentrating on individualised reactions. Informed by an amateur interest in astrophysics as well as architectural restraints, her work disrupts assumed physical reliances, creating potential responses of unrest.
Wednesday 18 September 2019 to Saturday 05 October 2019.
A group show of Australian artists who work with geometric abstraction and spatial intervention, curated by Kate Vassallo. Featuring works by Will Cooke, Ham Darroch, Annelies Jahn, Lieutenant + Vassallo, Katy Mutton, Nadia Odlum, Britt Salt.
Fistimuff is a captivating new video portrait by Archie Barry that examines the fluid nature of personality and examines strategies for eroding the linguistic and visual constructs that govern identity politics.
Wednesday 28 August 2019 to Saturday 14 September 2019. Opening: Thursday 29 August 2019.
The pelagic zone encompasses the majority of the water column from the open ocean to the coral reef, and all species inhabiting it.
BLINDSIDE SOUND SERIES 2019 is curated by Patrick O’Brien in partnership with LIQUID ARCHITECTURE
Wednesday 26 June 2019 to Saturday 13 July 2019. Opening: Thursday 27 June 2019.
Stephanie Hosler and Erin Hallyburton’s work involves exploring the relationships between the body and intuitive material play. These explorations often manifest themselves as site-responsive installations. While both Hosler and Hallyburton’s work have a similar approach to materiality, their different practices establish a dialogue about fluidity, transformation, mutation and decay.
Unfinished: Décor examines notions of contemporaneity through the concept of the unfinished in art.
Thursday 30 May 2019 to Saturday 15 June 2019. Opening: Thursday 30 May 2019.
Anticipation is Half of the Seduction is an exhibition that considers the heightened states of being that exist between sites of release and resistance. Whether it be found in the tension between consenting bodies or the impact of colliding objects, the dynamic movement that exists between the attraction and repulsion of energy is everywhere. Considered through artworks that both document and demo
Thursday 06 December 2018 to Friday 21 December 2018. Opening: Thursday 06 December 2018.
Using coded depictions of depth perception, Being There presents works which unpack the interdependent states of presence and absence, surface and void, and examines their pertinence and application within contemporary place making.
Wednesday 14 November 2018 to Saturday 01 December 2018. Opening: Thursday 15 November 2018.
Endless Projection explores the production of perceptual experience through the interposition of the eye and the photographic apparatus.
BLINDSIDE B-Side celebrates BLINDSIDE’s fifteen-years as an ARI that supports creative experimentation and will recognise artists who have contributed to form our vibrant arts community.
Thursday 01 November 2018 to Saturday 10 November 2018. Opening: Thursday 01 November 2018.
To long is to yearn for something or someone separated by distances in time and/or space. And they all say your name explores the subject of longing for a moment in time or place through light: an energy that is momentary and transient.
Wednesday 03 October 2018 to Saturday 20 October 2018. Opening: Thursday 04 October 2018.
Unseen continues Murray's enduring exploration of the traditions of trompe l’oeil and investigation of the ‘anatomy’ of painting - specifically the relationship between the intrinsic and extrinsic architecture of the two dimensional canvas and the wall on which it is installed.
All of us presents a contemporary framework by which to explore the importance of collaboration and the connections between artists, their practice, and the audiences they reach.
Thursday 13 September 2018 to Saturday 29 September 2018. Opening: Thursday 13 September 2018.
Presence looks at the ways in which the presence of the body is signified and materially understood through discussions of autonomy, the digital body, queer embodied experience and fetishisation.
Wednesday 22 August 2018 to Saturday 08 September 2018. Opening: Thursday 23 August 2018.
Reaching out for things that can't be touched, holding on to moments already passed—we try to find something that endures within the constant change.
Wednesday 01 August 2018 to Saturday 18 August 2018. Opening: Thursday 02 August 2018.
And it collapsed Fixed, Unfixed, A Trace Self, Other, Self-Other Irreconcilable Fragments Longing For It’s Other Construction Shroud
Departing from Melbourne, Australia, Return Flight is an international collaborative project, a cultural exchange opportunity and a multidisciplinary arts platform for emerging and established artists and writers.
Wednesday 11 July 2018 to Saturday 28 July 2018. Opening: Thursday 12 July 2018.
Reparar Means To Repair uses video and dialogue to explore intergenerational rifts created by mass violence and the attempts to mend damage done - both governmental reparations and personal acts of repair and remembering.
Wednesday 20 June 2018 to Saturday 07 July 2018. Opening: Thursday 21 June 2018.
For SOUND SERIES 2018, Gerard Crewdson presents site-specific acoustic sound sculptures.
Beyond the Veil is a group exhibition that seeks to expand and transform the perceptions, traditions and experiences of the white cube as an exhibition model.
Wednesday 30 May 2018 to Saturday 16 June 2018. Opening: Thursday 31 May 2018.
As climate change wreaks havoc on the planet, so too it inflicts turmoil on our psyche. Bureau of Meteoranxiety (BoMa) is here to help.
Thursday 10 May 2018 to Saturday 19 May 2018. Opening: Thursday 10 May 2018.
Intercambio: Cuba Australia Video Exchange is a part of a five-year artist residency and exchange program between RMIT School of Art and the Wifredo Lam Centre for Contemporary Art, culminating in a presentation of Australian works at the 2019 Bienal de la Habana.
Wednesday 18 April 2018 to Saturday 05 May 2018. Opening: Thursday 19 April 2018.
Site(s) is inspired by how the force and meaning of locations can shape Art making. It explores the processes of each exhibiting artist in relation to space and site. Varied locations manipulate the meaning of art objects, objects that stand as both a response and homage to the site.
In Perlustrata no. 1, a translucent, snow-white textile configures a pleated line in a phenomenological intervention of geometric simplicity. The line takes the form of a three-dimensional double curve within BLINDSIDE Gallery Two, which redefines its architectural space.
Wednesday 28 March 2018 to Saturday 14 April 2018.
The Lunatic (1) is a new body of work by Henry Trumble about the images we construct and carry within us that create our perception of the universe. The exhibition presents a series of photographic objects, such as contact prints exposed by the light of the moon and the restaging of a chance encounter with a pool of planetary particles.
Interested in how to further develop your skill in applying for grants and proposals? Join artist and curator Andy Tetzlaff and BLINDSIDE Director, artist and curator Lucie McIntosh, as they discuss and explore the three key components required for producing successful grants and exhibition proposals. Ample time will be set aside for audience questions.
Wednesday 11 April 2018 to Wednesday 11 April 2018.
Art talk in Victoria, Australia. Published by anonymous.
Fly, Sky High... Dubai is an extension of Majed Fayad's previous work about the clash of Western and Middle Eastern cultures. Taking a highly visual approach to the consumerism and capitalism invading the East, Fayad reconstructs the interior of a highly recommended Arab airline based in the Middle East. The Emirates flight lounge at BLINDSIDE examines the impact of globalization through western
Wednesday 07 March 2018 to Saturday 24 March 2018. Opening: Thursday 08 March 2018.
During the residency, we plan to invite conversations about embodied approaches to archiving, and to experiment with writing stories, histories and concepts handled as part of the Museum Incognita's first phase of embodied encounters. The residency will evolve organically, with openness to change, culminating in a public exhibition that may include performative lectures or storytelling.
Thursday 18 January 2018 to Monday 22 January 2018. Opening: Thursday 18 January 2018.
ALWAYS THERE AND ALL A PART EMERGING CURATOR MENTORSHIP Curator | Andy Butler Curatorial mentor | Emily Cormack
Wednesday 06 December 2017 to Friday 22 December 2017. Opening: Thursday 07 December 2017.
For B-SIDE, BLINDSIDE will present a large scale exhibition of works for sale by our accomplished and significant alumni. Exactly half of the work in B-SIDE will be hidden. Each artwork on display in B-SIDE will be linked to a partner work (a b-side), which will be revealed only to the buyer.
Friday 03 November 2017 to Friday 10 November 2017. Opening: Thursday 02 November 2017.
HOPE & SAFE features two recent public banner projects in the UK and Melbourne responding to violence against women and current media coverage of this issue. Referencing and reviving moments in feminist history in which collective action and craftwork were deployed to enact change, HOPE & SAFE invokes a utopian reimagining of women’s safety and agency within the urban environment.
Wednesday 15 October 2014 to Saturday 15 November 2014.
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia. Published by Kate Just.
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) today announced its next major exhibition, Spectacle: The Music Video Exhibition, opening Thursday 26 September 2013.
Thursday 26 September 2013 to Sunday 23 February 2014.
Set in a city overrun by bureaucracy, Shaun Tan's picture book The Lost Thing tells the story of a boy who befriends a strange creature that doesn't appear to fit in any of the available pigeon holes. Melbourne-based production company Passion Pictures Australia invited Shaun to direct an animated version of The Lost Thing. Several years later, the Oscar®-winning short film emerged.
Tuesday 16 July 2013 to Sunday 19 January 2014.
The greatest movie characters of all time. Direct from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Hollywood Costume explores the central role costume design plays in cinema storytelling.
Wednesday 24 April 2013 to Sunday 18 August 2013.
The convergence of music with digital processing had its genesis in the early 1900s with the invention of the player piano, aka pianola. The binary perforated music rolls directly influenced development of early computer punch card technology, leading to the proliferation of computers in our surging digital age.
Tuesday 28 May 2013 to Friday 28 June 2013. Opening: Saturday 01 June 2013.
Mother Courage is an immersive film installation that offers a striking and poetic perspective of Indigenous life in Australia. Based upon Bertolt Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children, it explores cultural displacement and the tensions between contemporary urban and traditional Indigenous lifestyles.
Tuesday 05 February 2013 to Sunday 23 June 2013.
Distinguished Hollywood costume designer and curator of the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition, Hollywood Costume, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, will present a keynote lecture whilst in Melbourne to open the exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) on Wednesday 24 April 2013.
Wednesday 24 April 2013 to Wednesday 24 April 2013. Opening: Wednesday 24 April 2013.
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) continues its popular Live in the Studio program this March with the second edition of Queering the Small Screen. The first edition in April 2012 sold out and Part II promises to be just as popular and this year, it is presented in partnership with the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.
Saturday 23 March 2013 to Saturday 23 March 2013.
What do you get when you cross an invisible city with a cabinet of curiosities?
Tuesday 12 February 2013 to Friday 15 March 2013.
Melbourne-based artist Clare Rae makes playful stop-motion animations from photographic stills, using her own body as her subject.
Thursday 06 December 2012 to Monday 11 March 2013.
One of Australia’s most acclaimed dancers and artistic visionaries, David McAllister AM, will reveal his inner cinefile when Desert Island Flicks returns to ACMI in February 2013.
Thursday 14 February 2013 to Thursday 14 February 2013.
To coincide with the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition, Game Masters, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) has programmed a special series of film screenings designed for the gamer, creative and curious alike, which will run throughout the exhibition.
Sunday 01 July 2012 to Wednesday 31 October 2012.
Late night live entertainment to coincide with Game Masters 6pm to 9pm each Thursday night The Lightwell, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square FREE!
Thursday 28 June 2012 to Sunday 28 October 2012. Opening: Thursday 28 June 2012.
A unique video showcase of the most fun, challenging and imaginative videogames created by primary and secondary students over the past six years.
Monday 28 May 2012 to Sunday 28 October 2012.
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) today announced that acclaimed videogame designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi will visit Australia in September. The creator of popular titles Child of Eden, Rez and Space Channel 5 will visit ACMI for the Game Masters exhibition and to participate in public programs.
Thursday 20 September 2012 to Thursday 20 September 2012. Opening: Thursday 20 September 2012.
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) is proud to present its 4th annual Fashion On Film collection as part of the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week. A season of Australian premieres and the biggest stars of the fashion firmament grace the cinema screens with some of the biggest trends and turning points in fashion.
Sunday 02 September 2012 to Sunday 09 September 2012.
