In answer to this question, CaSFFA heeds the call to adventure with a multifaceted exhibition celebrating both the 2015 festival theme Projection and the wondrous animation, visionary special effects and otherworldly themes of legendary Czech animator Karel Zeman, with film and object-based works that favour imagination over the rational and the suspension of disbelief over reality. For the duration of the festival visitors are invited to carve a trail through possible worlds populated by enchanted landscapes, fantastical visions and altogether unbelievable things.

Look for artworks by local film, theatre and visual artists during opening hours in the ACMI Café and Bar and balcony spaces, and after dark visit the Mediatheque which is transformed nightly into a Zeman-esque wunderkammer inhabited by evocative objects and imagery, dioramas, props, lo-fi projections and viewing devices. A selection of booths has been modified to create a series of distinct atmospheres in which to be immersed and enjoy our especially curated short film and animation program on the touch-screens alongside Zeman-related content and short films by Czech and Slovak filmmakers. Here you can project yourself into worlds within worlds to a place where there is time for subconscious meandering through fantastical dreams and rich visual poetry.

Artists:
Gènevre Becker | Dan Bryan | James Cattell | Stepanka Cervinkova from STEASH FILMS | Emma Ikin | Alister Karl | Alesh Macak | Lucia Mocnay | Freya Pitt | Lachlan Plain | Ahmarnya Price | Carmen Reid | Mark Rodda | Linda Studena | Leon Van De Graff

Curated by Carmen Reid

ACMI Building
Australian Mediatheque, balcony and ACMI Cafe and Bar
16 – 25 September

Exhibition Opening Hours

ACMI
Daily 10am – late

Mediatheque
Wed, 16 Sept 6pm – 7pm
Thu, 17 Sept 6pm – 7pm
Fri, 18 Sept 6pm – 7:30pm
Sat, 19 Sept 6pm – 8:45pm
Sun, 20 Sept 6pm – 8:45pm
Mon, 21 Sept 6pm – 8:30pm
Tue, 22 Sept 6pm – 8:45pm
Wed, 23 Sept 6pm – 9:15pm

ACMI Cafe and Bar
Mon-Fri 8.30am – late, Sat 9.30am – late, Sun 10am – late

Photo credit:

Freya Pitt
Sought By Whale 2014
Digital Print
Courtesy of the artist