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Experimenta House of
Tomorrow Exhibition
Presented in association with the Arts Centre
Curated by Liz Hughes, Shiralee Saul and Helen Stuckey
BlackBox, the Arts Centre
100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
5 September to 3 October 2003
Opening Night: 4 September, 7pm until late
Monday-Friday: 12pm - 8pm
Saturday - Sunday: 10am - 6pm
Zizi - the Afffectionate Couch
Stephen Barrass, Linda Davy and Kerry Richens, Australia, 2003
Stroke this furry piece of furniture to make it vibrate and purr like a cat.
Dirty Pillows
Sally Blenheim, Australia, 2000
Share a bed with a virtual woman to descend into a dream-like state in this
interactive video installation.
AstorBug
Scott Branden, Australia, 2003
The design of this miniaturised television is pure futuristic fantasy.
Mimesia
Richard Brown, UK, 2003
Move your head to navigate through the landscape in this interactive digital
painting.
Church on 5th Avenue
Jim Campbell, USA, 2001
The cinematic scenes in these beautiful artworks are produced by simple LED
technology.
Entering a Biological Absence of Light
James Cecil and Geoff Robinson, Australia, 2002
Is the outside world a thing of the past? The picturesque landscape through
this digital 'window' slowly disintegrates into an abstraction.
Remote Control
Shane Cooper, Germany, 1999
Courtesy of ZKM
Sit down to the news presented by a virtual anchorman, who retrieves information
live from internet news sources. Choose your version of the truth with the
remote control.
Mirror D
Sam de Silva and Marco Bresciani, Australia, 2003
They say that the mirror never lies - but this digital mirror morphs and manipulates
your reflection.
Meniscus
Alan Dorin, Australia, 2003
In this virtual fishtank, you control the living conditions of artificial life
creatures.
Info.Table
Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS), Japan, 2001
Place a blank book on an interactive table to read its magical contents and
manipulate the imagery on each page.
Expecting
Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine, Australia, 2003
Squeeze an interactive teddy bear, to make this animated girl give birth to
a virtual playmate.
Slow Service
Marcus Lyall, Australia, 2003
Like a virtual food fight, this surreal series of slow-motion digital portraits
depict food being thrown on to the face of the subject.
Orbiculum
Lycette Bros., Australia, 2003
Like a digital snow dome, explore the animated backyard of the House of Tomorrow
with this interactive scientific instrument.
Electric Chair
Peter Prasil, Australia, 2001
This chaise lounge fuses digital technology and the chair into a one-stop home
entertainment seat.
Compliant
Scott Snibbe, USA, 2002
Play with this malleable interactive screen, causing it to move around the
wall in response to your body.
Bio-tek Kitchen
Josephine Starrs and Leon Cmielewski, Australia, 1999
This shoot-em-up game has gone domestic! Defend yourself from mutant killer
vegetables with kitchen utensils.
Flying Carpet
Petra Trefzger, UK, 2001
Geometric patterns swirl around your feet as you walk or dance on this interactive
carpet. The future Twister!
Keith [RP11-345A12]
Craig Walsh, David and Steven Thomasson (Godlab), Australia, 2003
In a crib/cot that looks more like a test-tube, watch this virtual baby evolve
in the most unlikely ways.
Virsual - The Digital Rocking Horse
Steven Mieszelewicz, Nimrod Weis and Asaf Weis (ENESS), Australia, 2003
Explore vast simulated terrains on an interactive rocking horse - the ultimate
toy in the playroom of the future.
Bow Wow
Elizabeth Vander Zaag, Canada, 2003
Sweet talk this animated guard dog to prevent it from growling and snarling
at you.
Panopticon
Tan Teck Weng, Australia, 2002
Pick up an entire room and play with its contents in this interactive video
toy.
The entrance to BlackBox will be transformed for Experimenta
House of Tomorrow with an enormous inflatable façade by Melbourne
artist Christopher Langton.
Experimenta House of Tomorrow also includes a range
of media arts projects displayed in the Arts Centre foyers, including
works by Ian Haig, Martine Corompt, Christopher Langton and Brad Betts.
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Experimenta House of Tomorrow
Cinema Program
Curated by Liz Hughes, Shiralee Saul and Helen Stuckey
ACMI Cinemas, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne
Presented in association with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Full: $11
Concession and Experimenta Members: $9
Bookings: 8663 2583 or at the ACMI Box Office
Opening Night Program
Home Fictions (18+)
Thursday 25 September
ACMI Cinemas, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Cinema 2, 7pm
With everything from domestic robot love stories to
fridges that eat people, this program of new and old short films, videos
and animations turns home truths into fantastic fictions.
We Should Call it a Living Room
Dir. Aleks Danko with Joan Grounds, David Lourie and David Stewart, Australia,
1974, 8'20
Organic anarchy takes over when an unassuming domestic space is returned to
nature.
Exhausted Discussion
Dir. Jan Svankmajer, Czechoslovakia, 1982, 5'00
Household bric-a-brac turns cannibal in this animated classic.
The Fridge
Dir. Howard Stringer, Australia, 1989, 3'00
An unexpected serial killer brings horror to the home.
Semiotics of the Kitchen
Dir. Martha Rosler, USA, 1975, 6'00
Like a parodic cooking demonstration, this housewife's A to Z is more samurai
than suburban.
Sexy Girls, Sexy Appliances
Dir. Emma-Kate Croghan, Australia, 1991, 3'00
Who would imagine that household appliances could be so sexy?
Solid Action Love Partner
Dir. Walter Williams, USA, 1998, 3'46
Will this mistreated housewife be replaced by a high-tech robot?
Kung-Fu Kitchen
Dir. Jeff Warmouth, USA, 1998, 5'00
With an all-vegetable cast, this live-action short is an ironic tribute to
martial arts films.
Color Samples
Dir. Jim Simmons, USA, 2002, 1'00
Our emotional response to Pantone colours becomes pure poetry.
The Amateur Developer's Handbook
Dir. Antonia Fredman, Australia, 2002, 6'55
D.I.Y. property development for the enthusiastic beginner or the cowboy entrepreneur.
Kitchen Sink
Dir. Alison MacLean, NZ, 1989, 14'00
This surreal story quite literally emerges from the plughole.
But wait…there's more! Home Fictions will also
feature a range of short advertisements for imaginary products from the
future home, some commissioned by Experimenta, others produced by RMIT
students. Buy your domestic gene modulator, high-tech pest control, computerised
contact lenses and personal robotic pal now!
Feature Film 1
Saturday 27 September
ACMI Cinemas, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Cinema 1, 2pm
Mon Oncle (G)
Dir. Jacques Tati, France, 1958, 126'00
Tati's eccentric hero Monsieur Hulot is let loose in his sister's ultra-modern
home, the Villa Arpel. In this delightful satire of mechanized living, Hulot
contends with electric switches, slamming doors and malfunctioning gadgets
in seamless spectacles of slapstick.
Feature Film 2
Saturday 27 September
ACMI Cinemas, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Cinema 1, 6pm
Sleeper (PG)
Dir. Woody Allen, USA, 1973, 84'00
Waking up in 2173 after being cryogenically frozen by accident, Miles Monroe
(Woody Allen) is forced to masquerade as a domestic robot. When he is assigned
to the home of Luna Schlosser (Diane Keaton) his interactions with the fantastical
technologies of the future home will have you in stitches.
Historical Program (18+)
Sunday 28 September
ACMI Cinemas, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Cinema 1, 6pm
The Electric House
Buster Keaton, 1922, 21'00
Keaton's encounters with a moving staircase, automated dining chairs and an
electric library are hilarious. This seldom-screened slapstick classic demonstrates
extraordinary foresight in its prediction of future home technologies.
Utopia Appropriated: The Future As It Was, 35'00
Curated by Rick Prelinger, Prelinger Archives
This program of rare American commercial and advertising films from the mid-twentieth
century promises a bright future where our lives are changed by household technology.
Leave it to Roll- Oh, Chevrolet, 1949
A robot at New York World's Fair 1939-40 leaves a woman idle.
To New Horizons, General Motors, 1940
Futurama at the New York World's Fair imagines the 1960 cityscape.
Color Harmony, Chevrolet, 1938
The shift from black and white to colour suggests the march towards utopia.
Looking Ahead Through Rohm and Haas Plexiglas, Rohm
and Haas, 1946
Experience the 'dream suite', an all-Plexi-glas living area.
Design for Dreaming, General Motors, 1956
A visit to the Frigidaire Kitchen of the Future enabled by computer technology.
A Touch of Magic, General Motors, 1961
Futuristic technology becomes commercial style in utopian vision.
American Maker, Chevrolet, 1960
This film promises futuristic innovation in everyday life.
Hillsborough With New Hideaway Styling, Radio Corporation
of America, 1960
Television attempts to reinvent itself by going into hiding.
But wait…there's still more! The Historical Program
will feature more short advertisements for imaginary products from the
future home, some commissioned by Experimenta, others by students from
RMIT and Victoria University. Hurry for a seriously high-tech vacuum
cleaner or a virtual reality system for your pet, because stocks are
limited!
Feature Film 3
Sunday 28 September
ACMI Cinemas, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Cinema 1, 7.30pm
The Stepford Wives (M)
Dir. Bryan Forbes, USA, 1975, 115'00
Visit the American dream of suburban bliss: where children pile into station
wagons, neighbours offer casseroles, and women shop in shiny supermarkets.
But it soon becomes clear that something is not quite right with these all-too
obliging wives. The Stepford Wives is a vision of the future that's horrifically
close to home.
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Experimenta House of Tomorrow
Forums
Friday 26 September
ACMI Cinemas, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne
Cinema 1, 10am - 5pm
FREE but bookings essential
Email experimenta@experimenta.org to
book
Film, media arts, architecture, design and future studies
experts will consider fantasies of the house, and might even make some
wild predictions of their own.
New Visions Commission artists will discuss their works
featured in the Experimenta House of Tomorrow exhibition, and the industry
collaborations that made them possible.
For complete forum schedule see www.experimenta.org
Experimenta House of Tomorrow Public Programs
The Arts Centre, Café Vic
Sundays, 3-4pm
FREE no bookings required
Join us for engaging and informative talks by artists
from Experimenta House of Tomorrow.
7 September: Shane Cooper
14 September: Christopher Langton
21 September: Aleks Danko
28 September: Sam de Silva
Experimenta House of Tomorrow Education Program
Experimenta showcases creative applications of new
technologies in a way that is accessible and engaging for secondary school
students. Teachers can book a guided tour of Experimenta House of Tomorrow,
and add to the fun with a hands-on multimedia creation experience at
the Arts Centre's Alfred Brash SoundHouse, offered at a heavily discounted
rate.
School Group Bookings: 9281 8140
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Experimenta House of Tomorrow Net.Art
Homepage
Curated by Rebecca Cannon
www.experimenta.org live from 29 August
Centre for Contemporary Photography, e-Media Gallery
205 Johnston Street, Fitzroy
Wednesday - Saturday: 11am - 5pm
29 August to 27 September 2003
Interactive net.art that imagines our virtual domestic
future
House of Excretion, Jody Bielun, Canada, 2002
Metapet, Natalie Bookchin, USA, 2003
Betacity Game, erational, France, 2003
option-shift-home, Philip Foeckler, USA/Germany, 2001-2002
PuppetTool & Zoo, LeCielEstBleu, France/Belgium,
2001-2003
60X1.CAM™ Ultimate Interactive Webcam Surveillance
System For Homeland Security, Dr. Optimator and Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung,
USA, 2002 – 2003
submit[0]:!body, Christian Oyarzún Roa, Chile,
2002-2003
Buil.Dings, Michaël Sellam, France, 2003
Domestic E.M.I., Semiconductor, UK, 2002
The Empty Show, Various Anonymous Artists, Australia,
2003
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