#acmi

[do-you-have-a-flag]

transparent png where i played around scanning of one of the paper discs the Australian Centre for the Moving Image has to interact with displays

normally it looks something like this

[hightekhextress]

I'm so mad about this I WANT A PLUSHIE PLEASE I WANT THE ZINE I WANT THE PINSSSS PLEASE PLEASE GIVE THEM TO ME AAAAGH

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: A Certain Magical Index

Sample Size: 505 stories

Source: AO3

[cryskir]

painting club went to ACMI :)

[newsatsix1986]

Noelene and Jen have a very authentic sisterly bond, including getting into squabbles over who has to translate what’s on the telly to their parents. 😉

The Kims love their soaps, and are seen talking about soaps and soap stars. One of their favourite shows is Prisoner; an iconic Australian programme running on Channel Ten for eight seasons and 692 episodes between February 1979 and December 1986. Prisoner was a show centred in the fictional Wentworth Detention Centre, and focused on the many lives of the inmates and staff who lived and worked there. It was a unique programme, in the sense that it was mostly female lead, and it drew on themes of women’s incarceration, feminism, social reform, prison hierarchies from a female perspective and also included many LGBT+ characters who were portrayed in a complex and empathetic light. It was nominated for many Logie and Penguin Awards, was broadcast internationally, and had a legendary cast list far too huge to name.

In the 45 years since Prisoner began, it still has a massive cult following both domestically and internationally, and has had an enormous impact on especially its female and LGBT+ fan base, for its ability to never be afraid to be messy and unfiltered, and to show women as the complex and imperfect multifaceted individuals they are. It has enjoyed syndication worldwide, is available on many streamers, and has various online fan pages. It also spawned a modern-day reimagining of the classic simply titled Wentworth, which aired between 2013 and 2021, and has also garnered an equally strong following.

When I visited the ACMI back in March, they had a display on Prisoner and Wentworth, highlighting unit stills, audiovisual media and even props from the two show, and also information which tells the museum goers about the impact of both programmes. I must say I shuddered a bit seeing some of the makeshift shivs out of day-to-day objects!

Are you a fan of Prisoner and Wentworth? I did try Wentworth but it was far too intense for me. From what I’ve seen of it, I’m more of a Prisoner girl myself. I’m a sucker for an original, and for shows highlighting the female experience authentically! 💖🌟📺🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈

[ichigomashiimaro]

round the twist exhibit at acmi

[monoatelier]

年2022 月11 日20 ACMI, Melbourne CBD Fujifilm X-T20 + XF18-55mm

[salonduthe]

'Light' courtesy of the Tate at ACMI. (inc. Josef Albers, Bridget Riley, Claude Monet, Olafur Eliasson, James Turrell, Vilhelm Hammershoi)

September 2022