If, as a child, you were picked last for a team and sought as your refuge a wish or a dream. If you ever felt lonely, peculiar or blue, then Amelia Rose Towers is a bit like you! True! Amelia Rose Towers, ‘whose initials spell ART’, faces off against an adversary whose initials spell MAN, after passing through surrealist chambers and screens offering images of a personal identity that can never be reconciled. A story of juggling variables of reality of self and other; of space, time and perceptions; of the art of science and the science of art but it is also a story of hope, love and courage.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Previously on display
22 April 2019
ACMI Viewing Booths
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2000563
Language
English
Audience classification
Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Surrealism
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Gender identity
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
Digital Betacam; Master
MPEG-2 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
Digital Betacam; Sub-master
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan