Motion Picture

Overview

Even if you're not the biggest film fan, you've probably seen more than a few that seem a bit familiar. Maybe they focus on the same types of characters. Perhaps they tell a well-worn story. Or, it could be about the placement of the camera, or the clichés in the content.

At Motion Picture, it might appear as though that's what you're in for — aka more of the same — but trust us, it's not. Curators Katherine Dionysius and Amy-Clare McCarthy have assembled cinematic movements by Benjamin Crowley, Simone Hine, Daniel McKewen, Llewellyn Millhouse, Anita Holtsclaw and Grant Stevens that undermine, confuse, dismantle, obscure and subvert everything you've feasted your eyes on before.

So no, you haven't watched these films. And no, you won't see the same thing twice. The six artists each engage in the medium in their own way; however, despite their differences, they're drawn together through commonalities such as repetition, subversion and anticipation.

Image: Simone Hine, 11:35am 2010, Digital video, 2:04, looped.