It’s noice, it’s different, it’s unusual. Gina Riley and Jane Turner’s hugely popular Kath & Kim hit screens in 2002, poking fun at Aussie suburbia and spawning a trend of mockumentary-style sitcoms. Meanwhile another female-driven show The Secret Life Of Us was breaking boundaries on Channel 10: Deborah Mailman’s casting was a landmark moment for representation of Indigenous Australians in mainstream media. The hit series also acted as a training ground for a whole wave of prominent female filmmakers like Cate Shortland, Ana Kokkinos and Emma Freeman. Public broadcasters SBS and ABC had very different successes with East West 101 for the former – a multicultural police procedural – and animated series Bluey becoming a global phenomenon for the latter.
We dare you not to smile at the sight of these small sofas, teensy televisions and itty-bitty bookshelves. Lawyer by day, model maker by night, Emily’s been crafting miniature TV rooms – complete with little working television sets.
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On display until
16 February 2031
ACMI: Gallery 1
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ACMI Identifier
P183631
Curatorial section
The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-07. Birth of Television → MI-07-000 TV Stack
Object Types
Exhibition Prop
Moving image file/Digital