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Jen Valender's creative maelstrom

We spoke to the multidisciplinary artist about her cinematic artworks, working with friendly pythons, and being inspired by Yoko Ono and Nam June Paik.

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Iconic film and TV moments

Find out why we chose these moments to feature in our Edit Line interactive experience in The Story of the Moving Image.

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We always have one eye on a screen.

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Personal Response

Writers, poets, artists, academics and ACMI staff share thoughts and memories sparked by the objects and artworks featured in our exhibitions.

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We need to talk about ...

Join our curators and programmers for a chat about the hottest, most underrappreciated and polarising screen works today.

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First Nations stories

Get to the heart of the moving image with stories from First Peoples' perspectives.

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Inside ACMI X Podcast

Meet the ACMI X residents at the cutting edge of Australia's screen culture in this monthly podcast series exploring film, TV, videogames and creative technologies.

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The Story of the Moving Image

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Curating our centrepiece exhibition

Our visitor experience guides pose questions to the curators and creators behind our exhibition, The Story of the Moving Image.

Stephen A Russell

Building a Mystery

Stephen A Russell charts the journey of Ivan Sen’s outback detective Jay Swan from the big screen to our televisions.

A collection of Humphrey B Bear paraphernalia sits in front of a yellow background. Included items are a soft toy, a book, a clock, and a poster, all with Humphrey B Bear branding.

Spencer Gilder-Smith

ACMI toybox treasure hunt

How many of these puppets, figurines and toys can you find on your next visit to ACMI's The Story of the Moving Image exhibition?

Ellen Muller

Don't mess with The Ferals: revisiting the cult classic series

The Ferals are loud, obnoxious, dangerous, bad-mannered and ugly... We want more!

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Meet the makers

Eye closeup - The Dark Current, Angela Tiatia

Laura Castagnini

Making 'The Dark Current'

After a busy day filming her new work The Dark Current, Angela Tiatia spoke with ACMI curator Laura Castagnini about making her most complex film to date.

Sally M. Nangala Mulda - working on Two Girls from Amoonguna - photo by Bec Capp

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Making Two Girls from Amoonguna

Meet artists Sally M Nangala Mulda and Marlene Rubuntja, and find out how they made Two Girls from Amoonguna.

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Peter Waples-Crowe on Ngaya (I Am)

Learn more about this work, showing as part of the How I See It: Blak Art and Film exhibition at ACMI.

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From the outside looking in

In Marshmallow Laser Feast's Evolver, we journey inside the human body, inhaled through the lungs and swept throughout the cells with breath. Across screen culture, many narratives similarly explore what's under our skin.

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A brief history of black holes on-screen

In 1916, Albert Einstein predicted black holes through his theory of general relativity. That mix of science and imagination can be seen in Marshmallow Laser Feast’s Distortions in Spacetime. These other works are fascinated by these cosmic giants and represent an evolution in computer graphics and VFX.

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