This video features in a responsive display in the museum that presents the moments, stories and memes capturing the zeitgeist by going viral on the internet.
After living in one of the world’s most locked-down cities, Melburnians could certainly relate to Willy the whale’s feeling of freedom in the climax of early 90s classic, Free Willy. Originally posted in 2020 at the end of Victoria’s mammoth 112-day second lockdown, the clip feels all the more relevant in 2021 after a total of 262 days spent across six periods of stay-at-home orders.
This video from Twitter user @Gerofied captured the moment the clock struck 12am and lockdown ended
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Collection
Not in ACMI's collection
Previously on display
19 November 2021
ACMI: Gallery 1
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Curatorial section
The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Minds → MM-09. Catch of the Day
Object Types
Moving image file/Digital
Materials
Digital screen recording from @news.com.au's TikTok