Cross Projections

Overview

We all remember slide show nights, right? Somewhere in the decades between storytelling around a campfire and Facebook, they reigned supreme as the most effective means of rubbing one's super-thrilling life in the tired faces of one's nearest and dearest. Sadly, in this digital age of instant uploading, generations to come will be robbed of the sheer joy that hours of pixelated projections of naff family holidays and honeymoon play-by-plays can provide in the slightly uncomfortable intimacy of a living room.

But here to dust off the cobwebbed tradition is Cross Projections, a reinvention of the good ol' fashioned slide show, with upgraded effects, cinematic tricks and content actually worth donating precious minutes of your life to. In 2001, founder Roslyn Sharp, inspired by slide show nights run by photographer friends in their backyards and living rooms, decided to put on a screening event called F99. Nine years later, F99 has evolved into Cross Projections, a sophisticated multimedia slide show night of still and moving imagery.

Dealing with a broad range of themes from eating disorders to cane toads, the screenings will be held over four days and will showcase the personal photographic essays of sixteen esteemed photographers whose approach to their imagery varies from fine art photography to photojournalism. Receiving very little government funding, Cross Projections is run with local community support — an admirable feat considering it’s now in its eighth season. So if you’re interested in a night of social and historical documentary presented by some of the country’s finest professional and emerging photographers, make sure you book in advance for a slide show night like no other. They might even let you bring popcorn.