Wirltuti Season Launch

Samstag and the Adelaide Film Festival present two new moving image commissions: ‘Archie Moore: Dwelling (Adelaide Issue)’ and the inaugural ‘Expand Moving Image Commission’.

Join us on Fenn Place for a Welcome to Country delivered by Robert Taylor and opening speech by Djon Mundine, followed by popcorn, drinks and a post punk playlist courtesy of DJ Hans K.

Archie Moore: Dwelling (Adelaide Issue)

11 October—29 November 

Celebrated artist Archie Moore's (Kamilaroi/Bigambul) ambitious new large-scale immersive installation work is the thirteenth AFF & Samstag Art and the Moving Image Commission and is the fifth iteration of his installation series Dwelling, in which Moore imaginatively recreates the mise-­en-scene of his childhood home. This ongoing investigation of memory and the effect of colonisation draws on visual, auditory, haptic and olfactory elements to create a powerful sense of verisimilitude.

AFF/Samstag 2024 Expand Moving Image Commission
11 October—29 November 

The inaugural AFF/Samstag Expand Moving Image Commission is a series of experimental docu-fiction moving image works by artists Susan Norrie (NSW), Matthew Thorne (SA) and Emmaline Zanelli (SA).

In three chapters, they follow the narrative threads of mining in Australia, focusing on fly-in-fly-out workers, their families, environmental impacts and the complex relationship experienced by First Nation custodians of the land on which resource extraction takes place. Together they offer counterperspectives to frequently cliched assumptions, excavating this underrepresented but critical sector of contemporary Australia.

This collaborative project originates from the 2022 Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) EXPAND Lab.

LAUNCH EVENT

Tuesday, 22 October 2024

5.30—7.30 pm

Samstag Museum of Art

ALL WELCOME

ACCESS /
Samstag is committed to ensuring its programs and activities are accessible to everyone. All areas of the Museum are accessible by wheelchair and pram, and we welcome guide dogs and assistance dogs inside our gallery spaces. If you require an Auslan interpreter or have any questions about access, please contact sarah.buckley@unisa.edu.au.

Image credits:

Archie MOORE, Dwelling (Victorian Issue), 2022, installation view at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, mixed media installation, dimensions variable. Photograph by Christian Capurro. Courtesy of The Commercial, Sydney. Copyright the artist.

Emmaline Zanelli, production still, 2024. Image courtesy of the artist.