Teenage Babylon

Restaging 1950s and 1960s forensic photographs, director Graeme Wood explores the meanings, memories and possible stories that were undetected at the time. These intimate and poetic portraits reveal how the distance of time itself alters and reconfigures the actual space and meaning of the photograph.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

31 December 2004

ACMI Screen Lounge

Credits

director

Graeme Wood

creator

Graeme Wood

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1989

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1001889

Language

English

Subject categories

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Holdings

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

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Australia, 1989

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