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Thu 28 Nov 2024 – Sun 27 Apr 2025
10am – 5pm daily
Immerse yourself in the future worlds of screen culture and experience Melbourne's latest must-see exhibition.
The Future & Other Fictions showcases the people, costumes and artworks imagining bright and bold futures through film, videogames, contemporary art, interactives and more.
Step into the minds of 19 creative visionaries from around the globe, through more than 180 works, and experience how future worlds are dreamed up and created on screen.
See detailed costumes from Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Explore intricate sets, props and concept art from Cyberpunk 2077, Blade Runner 2049 and The Creator. Enter the kaleidoscopic world of Icelandic pop goddess Björk, with her otherworldly dress from The Gate, masks by James Merry and artworks by director Andrew Thomas Huang.
The futures we imagine are the futures we will live in.
This World Premiere exhibition, exclusive to ACMI and Melbourne, is co-curated by ACMI's Amanda Haskard (Gunai/Kurnai) and Chelsey O'Brien and film director and futurist Liam Young.
Exhibition themes
How do we imagine?
It all begins with a spark of imagination. See how ideas are born, how they grow, and how they shift the way we think. Discover concept art, game design, story development and graphic novels.
The Gate, Björk (2017) © One Little Independent Records
What worlds exist?
Step into future visions, from sets and miniatures to stunning visual effects. Discover how worlds are built and explore who holds the power in the future – and who dares to resist it.
Umurangi Generation (2020) courtesy Naphtali Faulkner
Who will we be?
Celebrate the people shaping the future through characters, cosplay and costume design. Explore rituals, cultures and new futurisms. Meet the visionaries who wrote themselves into the story.
Black Panther (2018) © Marvel Studios
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