On a remote New South Wales property in 1912, the image was captured of a young woman who worked as a maid. Her calm gaze hid passions that emerged to subvert her fate. In Restoration fragments of memory combine in photography and dance to retell her story.
Narelle Benjamin (the maid) and Solon Ulbrich (the photographer) also choreographed the dance sequences.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2000573
Language
No spoken word
Audience classification
ACMI classified
Subject categories
Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Love
Fantasy & Science Fiction → Fantasy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Dreams
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Memory
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour
Holdings
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
Digital Betacam; Master
Digital Betacam; Sub-master
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan