When
6.15–8pm
Watch, playtest and meet the makers behind exciting and evolving projects across film, TV, videogames and art.
During this evening showcase of works in progress, you will be invited to provide real time feedback to practitioners to help develop their projects for public audiences. This event is designed for people working in the screen industry or looking to connect with people across these industries.
Doors Open at 6.15pm
Presentations Commence at 6.30pm
Testing & Feedback from 6.45pm - 8pm
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Major Research Partner
Check Self Out (Lucian Rodriguez Lovell)
A subversive simulation of a grocery store self check out aisle: Check Self Out is an installation involving an interactive point of sale interface, webcam, and receipt printer. Responding to your face, the installation and categorises you, recommends products, provides helpful advice and guided meditations...all while you check yourself out. At the end of play, a receipt of your interaction is printed!
Lucian Rodriguez Lovell (he/him) is a new media artist, game designer, and academic. His work critically interrogates the realities of living within a sensor society through subversive game design.
The game is in the early prototype stage.
The Claim: Stage II (DRM)
DRM (Daniel R Marks) (they/them) is an artist and researcher based in Naarm/Melbourne, investigating interdisciplinary modes of choreographic practice which engage surveillance, digitality and queer subjectivity.
They work in a hybrid practice incorporating live performance art, virtual and screen-based formats, sculptural installation, experimental text, and sound composition.
This project is in the early workshop phase.
Mental Jam (Michelle Chen)
Mental Jam is a series of video games co-created with people about their lived experiences of depression and anxiety.
Michelle Chen is a game developer with 15 years experience in programming, design and production. She completed a PhD in Design, developing video games about mental health at RMIT University in Australia.
Since graduating, she has been pivoting her research into Mental Jam: a games studio that co-creates video games promoting mental health awareness.
The games presented are in the concept & ideation stage.
Days Without Spring (Irene Franco)
Days Without Spring (Dias sin primavera) is a feature film currently in development, to be filmed in Patagonia, Argentina. A noir-crime film, Franco is looking to adapt her own visual style to help Days Without Spring find its own aesthetic form.
Irene Franco is an Argentine director based between Naarm and Buenos Aires. She has directed the feature films Eva y el Aluvión Zoológico (2017) and Los Errantes (2020). She is currently developing the feature film Dias sin primavera and the children's animated short film ¿Donde esta mi lapiz amarillo?
This film is in the early stages of development.
Showcase your project
Artists are invited to submit their projects at early stages of development and if selected, bring them along to be played or screened in the Swinburne Studio at ACMI, Fed Square.
Up to five works-in-progress will be shown per night. Basic equipment will be provided to practitioners, depending on project requirements.
Available dates in 2025:
– Wed 14 May, 5.15–7pm
See past showcases
A list of projects presented by local creators as part of this event since July 2022.
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