ACMI Stories & Ideas

An exploration of how video is used in Australian hip hop music with panel discussions and live performances. [explicit content] Recorded: 26 January 2014

Take a self-guided audio exploration and discover the unknown stories of familiar places. Created by DIS-cour.se in collaboration with a group of Melbourne-based emerging writers, the tour is designed to complement our Cathedrals of Culture screenings. It takes the form of a narrated audio stream complemented by a psychogeographical map - offering an 'urban dérive' between ACMI and MPavilion. Also known as an “unplanned journey through a landscape”, this particular dérive invites you to experience a well-known stretch of Melbourne via a new, multi-dimensional narrative.

From the famed improv house Upright Citizen’s Brigade, to a groundbreaking self-conceived web series, and finally to the breakout Comedy Central hit of the same name, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer have built their Broad City from the ground up. Wrapping its first season earlier this year, Broad City introduced viewers to the often chaotic and profoundly funny world of fictional Abbi & Ilana, outsized versions of the show’s creators/stars themselves. With the deeply joyous relationship between the two twenty-something’s always present, the duo’s antics have earned themselves the titles of televisions favourite new slackers, winning fans and critics alike during the series initial 10 episode run. Join our panel of talented broads, including Clementine Ford, Greta Parry, Penny Modra, Stephanie Van Schilt and Brodie Lancaster, as they discuss Broad City. Wrapping its first season earlier this year, Broad City introduced viewers to the often chaotic and profoundly funny world of fictional Abbi and Ilana, outsized versions of the show’s creators/stars themselves. With the deeply joyous relationship between the two twenty-somethings always present, the duo’s antics have earned themselves the titles of television's favourite new slackers, winning fans and critics alike during the series' initial ten-episode run. Relive our panel of talented broads discussing Broad City with this podcast. The panel includes Clementine Ford, Greta Parry, Penny Modra, Stephanie Van Schilt and Brodie Lancaster. Recorded: 16 September 2014

A discussion about the complex and nuanced contemporary transformation brought on by rapid urbanisation, that is forcing China to take different approaches to environmental issues, the pace of development, and global connections. Featuring Dr Siqing Chen and Dan Edwards. Includes screening of The Iron Ministry (J.P. Sniadecki, 2014). Recorded: 15 March 2015

More than ever, visual effects are becoming an essential element of storytelling for film, TV and digital mediums. From science fiction to period dramas, all productions now relish the creative freedom released through access to the highest quality VFX tools. The Foundry brings together some of the best VFX studios in Australia and abroad to articulate through specific case studies and demonstrations the endless possibilities that compositing, 3D, and animation software bring to a production. Recorded: 14 February 2015

Exploring the redefined Chinese modernity present in Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of Sin this talk examines the global context of an emerging capitalist economy and the impact on the changing world of the middle class in contemporary China. Featuring Dr Ying Qian, Mike Walsh and Professor Kerry Brown. Recorded: 16 February 2015

Writer and journalist, Dan Edwards explores the rich, historical legacy of the Wulin – or World of the Warriors – through Chinese literature, charting the wuxia tradition as it developed on screen in the Hong Kong and Taiwan film industries. Recorded: 23 February 2015

The Foundry brings together some of the best VFX studios in Australia and abroad to articulate through specific case studies and demonstrations the endless possibilities that compositing, 3D, and animation software bring to a production. Recorded: 14 February 2015

Telecomputation (the transfer of information across a network) holds many ramifications for art, and various artists and curators have embraced or resisted its influence. Curator Mohammad Salemy examines the rise of data transference in curatorial practice and the consequences of cultural automation in contemporary and future art. Recorded: 14 February 2015

As part of the China Up Close Programs this talk from 9 February 2015 examined the infinite variety of forms offered by conceptual art to express ideas of freedom, and explore how artists such as Ai Weiwei take on the role of commentators on the many issues impacting contemporary Chinese identity. The panel featured Claire Roberts, Aaron Seeto and Scot Rankin. Recorded: 9 February 2015