australian premiere of sharon lockhart's pine flat
Direct from the 2006 Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals, ACMI will present the Australian premiere of Pine Flat by contemporary photographer and filmmaker Sharon Lockhart from 5-8 October.
Have you ever been captivated by the idea that a photograph can suddenly and magically come to life right before your eyes?
Set in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada Mountain, Pine Flat is a series of visually breathtaking and intimate scenes that are a moving exploration of childhood and the American landscape.
In making this exquisite work, Lockhart "rented a cabin by a creek to escape the unforgiving pace of urban life." This cabin was in Pine Flat, a town of 300 people, about 170 miles northeast of Los Angeles, in the gorgeous foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Over four years, Lockhart befriended local children and documented their lives. Lockhart's camera follows the children with an extraordinary sense of colour, sound and composition that permeates the senses and transports the viewer into the world inside the frame.
Sharon Lockhart
Sharon Lockhart was born in in 1964 inNorwood, Massachusetts. In 1993 she received her MFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Her films and photographic work have been widely exhibited in international film festivals and at innumerable museums, cultural institutions and galleries around the world. Her solo exhibitions have shown at the Walker Art Center Minneapolis; Sla Rikalde, Bilbao; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; and Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland. She is currently an Associate Professor at University of Southern California's School of Fine Arts while living and working in Los Angeles.
Pine Flat
Unclassified 18+
Thursday 5 October 7pm
Friday 6 October 7pm
Saturday 7 October 7pm
Sunday 8 October 5.30pm
Full $13 Concession $10
Published Friday, 29 September 2006
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