Artist Joan Ross, whose work hangs in the National Gallery of Australia, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Kaldor Collection, takes her first leap into virtual reality (VR) in this new installation at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI). In the style of a first-person video game, visitors are invited to take on the body of an 18th century colonial woman and given free reign to explore the landscape and transform it as they see fit. In doing so, they become complicit in its destruction. Designed to coincide with International Women’s Day, the installation kicks off a three-month VR takeover at ACMI, which also includes Lynette Wallworth’s acclaimed Awavena and Christian Thompson’s Bayi Gardiya (Singing Desert).
Joan Ross: Did You Ask the River?
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You get to play an 18th century colonial woman in this provocative free virtual reality experience
Details
- Event website:
- www.acmi.net.au/events/joan-ross-did-you-ask-river/
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- Price:
- Free
- Opening hours:
- 10am-5pm
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