4A CINEMA ALLEY DOUBLE VISION
“Cinema Alley is based on old fashioned street cinemas, which would bring the community together to show current news and ideas. We transform Parker Street in Chinatown as a setting for showing some of the most up to date video art from the region,” says 4A Gallery director Aaron Seeto.
“Chinatown is undergoing so many shifts at the moment, it is a gateway to other Asian cultures and so through events such as Cinema Alley we hope to bring better awareness of contemporary art and culture of the Asian region to our diverse Australian community.”
This year’s incarnation – the 4th since inception in 2009 – promises to do just that, with a exciting array of single and two-channel video works streamed across a double screen set up in the alley, from artists as diverse as Hiwa K, Liang Wei, Peter Alwast and Kiran Subbaiah. You really won’t know where to look – whether it’s the moonlike landscapes, floating clouds or writhing underwater dragons on-screen, or the buzzing bar to the side. Either way, win-win. (AB)
Feb 3, from 7pm, Parker St, Haymarket, free but bookings essential, 4a.com.au
