Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia - Queensland Art Gallery
Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia - Queensland Art Gallery
Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia - Queensland Art Gallery
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21st CENTURY CINEMA<br />
Opening weekend<br />
18-19 December 2010 / Free admission<br />
Over the opening weekend, the <strong>Gallery</strong>’s <strong>Australia</strong>n Cinemathèque is screening two contemporary film and<br />
video programs including Swiss artist, Ursula Biemann’s film essays exploring migration, technology and<br />
gender and two new films by Isaac Julien. For further details see http://qag.qld.gov.au/cinematheque.<br />
A New Tomorrow: Visions <strong>of</strong> the Future in Cinema<br />
26 December 2010 – 27 February 2011<br />
Adults $9 / 5-film pass $36, Concessions $7 / 5-film pass $28, Members $6 / 5-film pass $24<br />
Tickets through QTix via 132 246 www.qtix.com.au or from the box <strong>of</strong>fice one hour prior to screenings<br />
(l-r: Production still from Things to Come 1936 / Courtesy: Park Circus, British Film Institute / Production still from E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial<br />
1982 / Image courtesy: Universal Pictures / Production still from Mad Max 1979 / Image courtesy: Roadshow)<br />
A New Tomorrow: Visions <strong>of</strong> the Future in Cinema includes science fiction favourites and cult classics,<br />
charting alternative scenarios for civilisations to come and extraordinary explorations <strong>of</strong> new spaces,<br />
dimensions and frontiers in cinema. From the schisms <strong>of</strong> industrialisation in Fritz Lang’s landmark Metropolis<br />
1927; to the epic philosophical ideas <strong>of</strong> human evolution in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968;<br />
the world <strong>of</strong> cyberpunk replicants in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner 1982; and the post-apocalyptic dystopia <strong>of</strong><br />
Alfonso Cuarón’s Children <strong>of</strong> Men 2006; the program plays out our hopes and fears in imaginatively<br />
prefiguring the future on screen.<br />
Special event: Zan Lyons vs Blade Runner AV<br />
25-26 February 2011<br />
General admission $25 / <strong>Gallery</strong> Members $16.50<br />
Tickets available through QTix 132 246 www.qtix.com.au<br />
In two <strong>Australia</strong>n-exclusive shows at GoMA, Berlin-based filmmaker and sound artist Zan Lyons will perform<br />
with viola, foot pedals and laptop while simultaneously remixing and reworking Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner<br />
1982. Lyons has completely rewritten the film's legendary electronic score by composer Vangelis, and reedited<br />
several scenes with his own visuals to achieve a dark and chaotic spectacle.