The Clock is a 24-hour video installation created from thousands of clips of clocks, watches and other references to time from film and television. These are masterfully edited together and synced to the present moment in one mesmerising collage. The result is an epic journey through cinematic history as well as a functioning timepiece.
Minute by minute, hour by hour, hundreds of characters are jolted awake by alarms, run for trains, wait for lovers, or dream strange dreams. Stitched together from 100 years of cinematic history, The Clock gifts audiences the addictive joy of recognising favourite actors or scenes from beloved films, as well as being wildly compelling and dream-like itself.
Since debuting in 2010, The Clock has become one of the most seen and celebrated artworks of our time, winning the Golden Lion at the 2011 Venice Biennale, and attracting critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences at gallery showings across the world. ACMI in Melbourne has it in situ and the exhibition will commence 23 Jan through to 10 Mar, 2019.
Admission is free and on a first-come, first-served basis
Due to limited capacity, please be aware that there may be wait times
No food or drink is allowed in the gallery
Don’t miss a minute! See the full 24-hours of the work when we stay open all night every Thursday. The exhibition will be open from 10am Thursday to 5pm Friday throughout the season.
And the earth sighed was an immersive audiovisual installation that re-imagines the relationship between nature and culture, Starrs and Cmielewski configure the land itself as active, not neutral, and able to speak about our human impacts upon it.
Using imagery captured by drones, detailed aerial views of Australian landscapes and waterways are dynamically manipulated in ways that reveal their underlying fragility; while Alex Davies’ surround-soundscape invites contemplation of the impact of climate change on natural ecologies. Documentation of ‘and the earth sighed’ which was a video installation shown at Arts House Melbourne 2016
Created by Josephine Starrs and Leon Cmielewski.
Audio: Alex Davies
Documentation: Takeshi Kondo
“Hunger In Los Angeles is a recreation of an actual event at a food bank line. The audio is real. You experience what happened wearing virtual reality goggles that track where you look and how you move.”
The hate-spruikingWestboro Baptist Church – which is well-known for picketing military funerals with “God Hates Fags” signs – has new neighbours: a nearby house that is now painted in trademark rainbow gay pride colours. Yay!
Nobuhiro Shimura is a projection artist who delights in presenting his work in public space. Reconfigurable and site-specific, his playful projections often repurpose everyday sites into exhibition spaces. His projections draw upon everyday materials and objects, such as paperclips, matches, buttons and sneakers. Seen both in galleries and public spaces, Shimura’s work has been projected onto ribbons, water, public walls and walkways.
Saturday 4 August 2012, 12pm – 6pm
City Village alcove, ground level, 225 Bourke Street, Melbourne. FREE
