Inner city, by West Coast artist Michael McMillen: a film

The neglected exterior quality of Inner City is an environmental sculpture which takes us to the veiled border between illusion and reality. Michael McMillen began building Inner City in 1975, finishing it in Nov 1977 for the opening of his one-man exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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Credits

producer/director

Peter Drummond

Duration

00:07:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1977

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013844

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns - Interpretive programs

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environment (Art)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and society

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - United States

Crafts & Visual Arts → Environment (Art)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Models and modelmaking

Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculpture, Modern

Places → Cities and towns - Interpretive programs

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1977

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