Pulse

Australia, 01 JUL 2001-01 DEC 2001

Artwork ACMI commissions
A still image from Pulse

A series of silent epiphanies of night-time Melbourne. Young Melbourne filmmaker, Emma Sleath, has proposed a poignant and haunting series of tableaus for the ‘public imaging’ zones of the ground floor of ACMI.

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Collection

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Credits

creator

Emma Sleath

director

Emma Sleath

editor

Emma Sleath

Production places
Australia
Production dates
01 JUL 2001-01 DEC 2001

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1001822

Language

Silent

Audience classifications

G

unclassified

Subject category

Digital Art

Object Types

Installation

Materials

Multi channel moving image installation

Holdings

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master

DVD [PAL]; Copy

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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