[spectre] DreamWorlds: Australian Moving Image in Beijing

[Melinda Rackham]

PRESS RELEASE
(中文版本见下 - Chinese below)

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DreamWorlds: Australian Moving Image in Beijing
4 September - 16 October 2010
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DreamWorlds presents unique perspectives from eight leading Australian  
artists on timeless themes of intimacy, isolation and the imaginary.  
Forged in a vast island continent embraced by sea, these dreamy realms  
will be on public display on the spectacular 27m outdoor media screen  
in Beijing’s Sanlitun Village.

Curator Melinda Rackham, ex-Director of the Australian Network for Art  
and Technology, is an award-winning new media artist, writer, producer  
and curator, with a background in sculpture, installation and  
performance. For Sanlitun Big Screen she has brought together a  
selection of the most outstanding Australian media artists working  
today, many showing for the 1st time in China.

The short video works move between mediations on daily life to  
fantastical computer creations, ranging from Anita Fontaine’s  
rebellious sense of play and a taste for magic in a modified video  
game to Daniel Crook’s rhythmic stretching and compacting of time and  
space in dreamy urban scapes shot in China and Australia. Jess MacNeil  
traces the abstract movement of swimmers through the undulating waters  
of the Bondi Iceberg ocean pool, while composer Peter Miller’s  
generates delicate digital microscopic life forms. Dream Worlds  
includes an exclusive 3 minute edition of Warwick Thornton’s  
Indigenous Australian film Samson and Delilah (winner of the Camera  
d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival), a powerful cinematic depiction  
of first love framed by the red earth in a remote desert community.

DreamWorlds is an exciting opportunity to view Australia’s most  
innovative and thought-provoking moving image art in a major Beijing  
public space.


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Media Contacts:
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For more information, images and interviews please contact:
Email: info at dreamworlds.com.au
Beijing: Edward Sanderson +86 13621078560 (English), 马赛 86  
15901010870（中国）
Australia: Melinda Rackham +61 410506592


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DREAMWORLDS:  NOTES for EDITORS:
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Event: Dreamworlds: Australian Moving Image 2010

Curator: Melinda Rackham

Producer: Michael Yuen
Premiere: 4 September 2010, 6.30pm
Screening Dates: 4 September – 16 October 2010
Times: Screening every half hour, please see website for details www.dreamworlds.com.au

Venue:	The Sanlitun Village Screen,
Courtyard 19, Sanlitun Road,
Sanlitun Area, Beijing

Cost:	Free

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Media
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Images and Information available in English and Mandarin at:
www.dreamworlds.com.au/media

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Artists
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Daniel Crooks
Anita Fontaine
Warwick Thornton
Jess MacNeil
Troy Innocent
Kate Richards
Peter Miller
Chunky Move

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Sponsors
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Australia International Cultural Council
Australia–China Council
RMIT University
Swire Properties – Sanlitun Village, Beijing


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媒体发布


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《梦幻岛》澳洲影像艺术在北京
4/9/2010 – 16/10/2010
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《梦幻岛》由八位杰出的澳大利亚艺术家共同完成，展 
示了他们在亲密、孤独、虚幻等这些永恒主题上的独特 
视角。这一系列作品诞生在澳洲大陆——一个被海水温 
柔环抱的巨大岛屿，充满了梦幻色彩。你将会在北京三 
里屯Village高达27m的巨型露天屏幕上看到它们。

策展人Melinda Rackham，曾担任澳大利亚艺术与技术网络 
（ANAT）的总监一职，她是一位屡获殊荣 的新媒体艺术 
家、作家、制片人，拥有在雕塑、装置、艺术演出等方 
面的丰富学识背景。这次她为三里屯大荧幕带来了澳大 
利亚当今最杰出媒体艺术家的一系列作品，其中很多都 
是在中国第一次展出。

这些短片种类繁多，从日常生活的片段到荒诞的电脑创 
作。从Anita Fontaine对玩乐的叛逆念头和在改进的视频游 
戏中流露出的对“奇迹”的品味，到Daniel Crook梦幻的城 
市风景镜头中展现出的时间与空间韵律般的伸缩。Jess  
MacNeil追踪记录了人们在邦迪冰山的海水游泳池里抽象 
的运动，而作曲家Peter Miller以数字的方式生成精妙的微 
观生命。Dream Worlds还将独家呈现Warwick Thornton的澳大利 
亚土著电影——Samson and Delilah 的三分钟版本（该电影 
曾获得2009年戛纳电影节金摄像机奖），这是个发生在 
遥远的沙漠部落，生长于红土地上的初恋爱情故事。

对于北京的公众来说，《梦幻岛》是一次激动人心的良 
机，让我们看到来自澳大利亚最具创新性和发人深思的 
移动影像艺术。


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媒体联系方式：
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更多信息、图片和访谈请联络：
Email: info at dreamworlds.com.au
Beijing: Edward Sanderson +86 13621078560 (English), 马赛 86  
15901010870（中国）
Australia: Melinda Rackham +61 410506592


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《梦幻岛》展览信息:
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名称: 《梦幻岛》澳洲影像艺术2010

策展人: Melinda Rackham

制片人: Michael Yuen
首演: 6.30pm, 4 September 2010
展出时间: 4 September – 16 October 2010
播放时间: 每隔半小时播放一次， 更多详情请见网站
www.dreamworlds.com.au

展出场馆: 三里屯Village大荧幕,
北京，三里屯路19号院

费用: 免费

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媒体
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英文和普通话信息&图片在以下网站可见：
www.dreamworlds.com.au/media

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参展艺术家
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Daniel Crooks
Anita Fontaine
Warwick Thornton
Jess MacNeil
Troy Innocent
Kate Richards
Peter Miller
Chunky Move

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赞助商
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Australia International Cultural Council
Australia–China Council
RMIT University
Swire Properties – Sanlitun Village, Beijing


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