Overview

A curated selection of significant Australian and international abstract colour films will be projected in the Light Source exhibition. Beginning with early orchestrated works by Oskar Fischinger and Mary Ellen Bute; the synesthetic films of Jordan Belson and James Whitney; sonic and chromatic works by Australian's Dirk de Bruyn, Andrew Pike and the Cantrill's; the screening crescendos with the psycho active works of Robert Russett and Paul Sharits.   Rarely seen in Australia, these 16mm prints are drawn from the National Film and Sound Archive's Non-Theatrical Loans Collection, an influential archive for the development of Australian art and film practice over many decades. These films will be introduced and contextualised by the curators of Light Source.

Martyn Jolly and Charles Martin will debut their Dream Tent, a creative reconstruction of an actual mind therapy apparatus all the way from the year 1899 during this event. Lie down in the tent and let our chromatic and sonic vibrations enhance your dreams!