To coincide with the screenings of Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo and The Holy Mountain at the Melbourne International Film Festival we are putting on a very special exhibition of local artists at the Carlton Club & Studios.
Presented by Siren Visual, Neon Parc and ThreeThousand, The Shining Path is a unique collection of psychedelic, abstract, and free-form works. Chosen for their synergy and sympathy with the bizarre world of Jodorowsky this group showing draws the viewer into a world where sensuality and absurdity are one and the same.
Curated by Neon Parc The Shining Path brings together multiple works for local artists Noël Skrzypczak, Rachel Jessie-Rae, Trevelyan Clay, Dan Arps and Nathan Gray.
Clockwise from top left: Rachel Jessie-Rae, Noël Skrzypczak, Dan Arps, Nathan Gary, and Trevelyan Clay. What: The Shining Path
Where: The Carlton Club & Studios - Upper Levels, 193 Bourke Street, Melbourne CBD
Dates: 6-10 August 2007
Opening hours: 4.00 - 8.00pm
Cost: Free
Contact: info@sirenvisual.com.au or 03 9663 3246
On Saturday, 4 August there will be an exclusive, invite only event to launch the exhibition. To win tickets you need to sign-up to ThreeThousand and enter the competition in next week's newsletter. And in case you didn't see it, click here to have a look at ThreeThousand's special MIFF edition online.
Both El Topo and The Holy Mountain are playing at special, one-off screenings as part of this year's Melbourne International Film Festival. This is the only chance to see these seminal works of cinema as they were intended to be show - on 35mm prints, late at night. See you there.
MIFF screening times:
El Topo - 11.15pm, Friday, 3 August at the Forum Theatre
The Holy Mountain - 11pm, Friday, 10 August at the RMIT Capitol Theatre
Tickets available from the MIFF box office at the Forum Theatre, by calling 03 9662 3722 or online.