Archie Moore: New Moving Image Commission
In his first exhibition since winning the prestigious Golden Lion at the 2024 Venice Biennale, Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist, Archie Moore, presents an ambitious new moving image work at the University of South Australia’s Samstag Museum of Art as part of the Adelaide Film Festival. Archie Moore: AFF and Samstag Moving Image Commission 2024 will feature as part of the Wirltuti (‘spring’ in Kaurna) season of exhibitions that run from 11 October to 29 November 2024. Sponsored by Dr David Bunton and Helen Stacey-Bunton, Archie Moore will be a UniSA Pirku murititya Visiting Research Fellow during October 2024. During this time, Moore will transform the Samstag gallery with a scaled and meticulously recreated replica of his childhood home. This will be Moore’s fifth iteration of his series Dwelling, installations that explore the rooms and spaces of his childhood family home. An ongoing investigation of memory and effects of colonisation, the exhibition draws on visual, , haptic and olfactory elements in its staging. Moore has worked closely with filmmakerMolly Reynolds (Charlie’s Country, David Gulpillil) to realise the ambitious project. Erica Green, Director, Samstag Museum of Art says it’s been an honour to work closely withArchie over the past two years on his forthcoming work. “24 years ago, Archie was awarded the Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship, as a recent art school graduate. Since then, he’s gone on to build a remarkable career of international standing,” Green says. “Archie’s new moving image work is part of the 13th Adelaide Film Festival and Samstag Art and Moving Image Commission. “Our Wirltuti Season of exhibitions is a testament to our proud, long-standing and fruitful relationship with the Adelaide Film Festival that supports exceptional artists to create bold and visionary work.” Samstag will also premiere the inaugural AFF/Samstag 2024 Expand Moving Image Commission featuring…
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