Shadowland

Australia, 1988

Artwork Australian animation

A short animation about the development of civilisation and the cyclical nature of life, death and reincarnation.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 April 2019

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Credits

creator

Anthony Lucas

production company

Swinburne University of Technology

VCA

Duration

00:06:24:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1002976

Language

English

Audience classification

Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Object Types

Artwork

Materials

Single channel moving image

Holdings

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

Collected

2 times

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