Cinémathèque Live: Lawrence English's The Visitors

Overview

It has been five decades since zombies infested rural America in George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead. That's five decades of films and filmmakers tipping their gore-covered caps to the iconic movie, which has defined on-screen depictions of the shuffling undead masses ever since it first hit screens.

While Lawrence English's The Visitors is the latest effort to follow in the classic horror flick's footsteps, it isn't like any of the others. It's an audio-visual tribute that combines images from the film with a vibrating, harmonic score.

See the end results at the Gallery of Modern Art's Australian Cinémathèque from 6pm on Friday, October 26. As well as a homage, English's piece is a meditation on zombies, their popularity and the messages in Romero's work. You'll stare at the undead across a 45-minute piece that holds it gaze on specific frames for longer than you'd expect — but that's the point.

Afterwards, at 7.30pm, Night of the Living Dead will also screen in all of its glory. The Visitors is ticketed, ranging from $12–15, while the follow-up feature is free.