Episode number 13 of Series “Survey (National Gallery of Victoria)”.
Imants Tillers along with Peter Myers and Peter Rees use the example of Bankstown, New South Wales to discuss the constructed and artificial landscape in terms of Australian culture and the relationship between art making and suburbinisation. Bankstown is a town constructed on landfill. It epitomises and celebrates the ‘height’ of suburban aesthetic values. Tillers, Myers and Rees explore themes of the ‘fulfilled suburban dream’, the suburban ‘visual’ language, Australian Futurism in architecture. Bankstown is the quintessential Australian suburb in its exuberance to express and celebrate urban pride. Some interesting observations are made along the way. The houses are: locked within parameters of essential design elements, with identical floor plans and no fence lines that allow each house to sit like artwork on walls for display reinstituting the notion of ‘promenade’. [PRINT IS A DUB-COPY]
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ACMI Identifier
315239
Language
English
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Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Bankstown (N.S.W.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Suburban life
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Landscape - Australia
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Housing - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture and society
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Exhibitions
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and society
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art criticism
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art museums
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern - 20th century
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern - 20th century - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Symbolism in art
Crafts & Visual Arts → Tillers, Imants, 1950-
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Housing - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Housing - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Suburban life
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Suburbs
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Suburban life
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Housing - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Suburban life
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Suburbs
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Sound
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Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)