11 Montgomery St, Mount VIctoria

FREE EXHIBITION

Hotel Etico at Mount Victoria Manor is a sumptuous setting for Lumière’s contemporary moving-image artworks. It was built by John R Fairfax, founder of The Sydney Morning Herald, in 1876 as a mountain retreat. Dress up in your finery and join us from 3.30pm on the 22nd April for a Lumière cocktail and discover amazing artworks by MAPBM artists in the manor’s salons, as well as the legendary mirror room. At 4pm, Dharug elder Uncle Chris Tobin will deliver an Acknowledgement of Country and smoking ceremony, reminding us that Lumière is being held on the land of the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples. Explore the works in the manor, and then join in the magic lantern parade at dusk.

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ARTISTS

SARAH BREEN LOVETT

CINZIA CREMONA

VIVIENNE DADOUR

FIONA DAVIES

ROGER FOLEY-FOGG

BEATA GEYER

YVETTE HAMILTON

TOM LOVEDAY

ELOISE MAREE

RACHEL PEACHEY & PAUL MOSIG

ENRICO SCOTECE

MARK SURTEES

BRYDEN WILLIAMS

JANET SAUNDERS

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Hotel Etico is Australia’s first social enterprise hotel, powering a program that provides employment and independent living opportunities to young people with intellectual disability, helping them achieve their independence goals. Trainees from Etico participated in Lumière’s Real To Reel Mentorship program creating video ‘portraits’ with MAPBM artist Dr Cinzia Cremona.

Harley Ave, Mount Victoria

Mount Vic Flicks is a much-loved and treasured icon of the Blue Mountains. Built in 1934, the family-run, independent cinema is a window into the golden age of Australian country picture theatre culture. The cinema hosts six screenings of Lumière artists’ films, across both weekends of the festival (Fri,Sat, Sun).

Join us for the black-tie, red-carpet opening night première of Lumière at 7.30pm on Friday 22nd April.

Or come along to the Dinner & Movie / Artists in Conversation fundraiser on Saturday 23rd April to support the community. Proceeds will go to the Mount Victoria RFS, Mount Victoria Community Association, and MYST (Mountains Youth Services Team).

Lucky audiences attending these first two un-missable sessions will be played in by the cinema’s resident organist Wendy Hambly ———————————————————— Screenings 24th, 29th, 30th April, 1st May include a bonus redux screening of Rest/Less, a compilation of short films by MAPBM artists & collaborators exploring themes of energy & rest. ———————————————————-

LUMIÈRE ARTISTS

KENNETH LAMBERT

PEACHEY & MOSIG

ELOISE MAREE

ENRICO SCOTECE

CINZIA CREMONA

SEAN O’KEEFFE

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REST/LESS ARTISTS

CINZIA CREMONA

KENNETH LAMBERT

TOM LOVEDAY

PEACHEY & MOSIG

SEAN O'KEEFFE

NAOMI OLIVER & INGRID STIERTZEL

ALAN SCHACHER, SEAN BACON & MICHELLE MAHRER

REBECCA WATERSTONE

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Fully wheelchair accessible, including parking, toilets and snack bar. Can accommodate a large number of wheelchairs. The cinema is equipped with a hearing loop system. Headsets are available for those with hearing aids without a T-switch.

Composer Alexis Cross, and Scott Brinckley built Rhomboid on their property behind their antiques store Cobweb Collectables, as a soundproof recording studio and performance space. Referencing modernist architecture, it is a truly unique building made of monolithic concrete blocks, and featuring exquisite details such as hand-forged large-scale door handles and vintage coloured-glass bottles set into the mortar of its internal walls. The space also houses a fully-restored 1895 Steinway grand piano.

Their antique shop will be open prior to and after the performances. Discover a magical treasure to take home with you.

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MAPBM presents two special performances at Rhomboid.

*Please scroll down to see details of limited tickets / access

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Sunday 24th April

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION

4 - 5pm

ENRICO SCOTECE, ELOISE MAREE, MARTYN JOLLY FREE WITH TICKET or gold coin donation at the door

PERFORMANCES

5.30-6.30pm

(Doors 5pm for 5.30 start)

ELOISE MAREE / NAOMI OLIVER / MARTYN JOLLY ELISA DE COURCEY & ALEXANDER HUNTER

$35 / $25 concession

$10 children 5-12yrs

DINE & DISCOVER VOUCHERS ACCEPTED

BOOK TICKETS

MAPBM is delighted to bring this special one-night-only ‘son et lumière’ (spectacle of sound and light) to the intimate performance space at Rhomboid. It promises to be a memorable event for adults and children alike (5yrs+). Settle in for a very special evening in this magical space, where you will encounter live performances, projections, sound, euphonic spoken-word, experimental music and vintage glass-slide magic lanterns. Please see ARTISTS and WHAT’S ON pages for more details.

Audiences are encouraged to ask questions and examine the beautiful glass slides and lanterns after the performance.

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FIONA DAVIES

Once Upon A Time Long Ago And Far Away: A Short History Of Removal

(2022) 45mins

Saturday 30th April 5 - 6pm

(Doors 4.30pm for 5pm start)

$25 / $15Concession

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IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE

SAFETY ADVICE TO ACCESS RHOMBOID Due to the dangerous GWH road bend, please only approach Rhomboid via Station St traffic light intersection, crossing over at the lights towards the old post office. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE GREAT WESTERN HIGHWAY anywhere except at the traffic lights (corner GWH and Station St). Follow the pedestrian footpath leading East from the traffic lights/old post office (7 min walk). You may need a torch in some sections as street lights are sporadic. Return by the reverse route, do not be tempted to cross the Highway, except at the Post Office traffic lights. An usher will meet you at the carpark entrance and lead you safely to and from the performance space. Suitable footwear should be worn as there is some uneven ground.

These performances will be documented both on video, and with a still camera, and shown later online. Please let us know in advance if you don’t wish to be filmed.

For the performances on the 24th, tickets are strictly limited to 60 seats and 10 children on cushions on the carpeted floor.

Fiona Davies’ event on the 30th is limited to 60 people.

We regret due to it’s off-road site, access to Rhomboid performance space is not suitable for wheelchairs or those with limited mobility.

PARKING: The carpark is now FULL. Alternative on-street parking is available nearby in Station St and Harley Ave, or at Mount Victoria Train Station (10mins)

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We thank Alexis Cross and Scott Brinckley, the Artists, the Australian National University, MAPBM Vice-President Sheona White, Jon Flood (sound mixing), Rachel Peachey & Paul Mosig (filming), and Hotel Etico for making the performances possible.

MAPBM is pleased to present a selection of short animations in the Lumière Horsebox pop-up cinema. Settle in for a few moments of respite from the outside world in this tiny, magical space created specially for an audience of 2 people. The works screen on a continuous loop. Running time 18mins 3secs.

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Gold coin donation/popcorn

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Slices of Time: Eadweard Muybridge’s Cinematic Legacy

An animation screened at Lumière courtesy of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)

Eadweard Muybridge is remembered today for his pioneering photographic studies of motion, which ultimately led to the development of cinema.

Animation - Drew Christie and Dane Herforth Produced by SFMOMA 3mins 51sec

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We Grow Accustomed To The Dark

(Poetry of Perception - 2/8)

Part 2 of an 8-part series of representations of perception and sensation.

2mins 12sec

‘Both artists and scientists strive, even if in different ways, toward the goal of discovering new uniformities or lawful regularities’

Hermann Helmholtz

Words by Emily Dickinson

Animation by Hannah Jacobs hellohannahjacobs.com

Narration by Anna Martine

Sound + Music by Oswald Skillbard skillbard.com

Produced by Nadja Oertelt nadjaoertelt.com

HarvardX Neuroscience fundamentalsofneuroscience.com

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Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip To The Moon)

Georges Méliès 1902 12mins

This famous film is considered to be the first science-fiction film in cinematic history. A group of astronomers in constellation-covered robes decide to construct a rocket and travel to the Moon. They land in the poor man-in’the-moon’s eye, and set off to explore the Moon's surface. They encounter strange moon inhabitants called Selenites, and return to Earth, bringing one back home in their rocket. Originally silent - before the ‘talkies’ were invented - screenings of the original film would have been accompanied by a live musician on piano, who would add drama and emotion to the story. This version’s soundtrack is by David Short & the Billi Brass Quintet

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Image: Eadweard Muybridge - Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. 1872–1885. Volume IX, Horses, 1880s; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York