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2000 27 May25 Jun  
Spin, One person exhibition

Video work by Rosemary Laing:  'Spin' video loop, part of the exhibition Gradience Australian Centre for Photography (in affiliation with the Biennale of Sydney)

2007 19 Oct31 Dec  
Workin' Down Under, Group Exhibition

WORKIN’ DOWN UNDER presents the work of six contemporary Australian artists who, through diverse media and approaches, explore issues of identity across cultures and time, including its own demise.

1980 1 Nov10 Dec  
Watters Gallery Group Show, Group Exhibiton

video works: Marr Grounds: John Gillies: Sweeping 18min loop, silent, u-matic video (1980), performer: James Rodgers film presented on video: Joan Grounds & Alex Danko: We Should Call It a Living Room, 16mm film (1975), music: Rodger Frampton

1895  
Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) established

Eestablished in 1895 as the Queensland National Art Gallery. Throughout its early history the Gallery was housed in a series of temporary premises, and did not have a permanent home until 1982.

2001 21 Sep17 Nov  
David Noonan & Simon Trevaks, Exhibition

Presented at the Istanbul Biennal Egofugal:Fugue from Ego for the Next Emergence Curator: Yuko Hasegawa

2002 25 Oct 2 Nov  
Screen Life, Group Exhibition

  First presented at the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid. Artists: A CONSTRUCTED WORLD, PHILIP BROPHY, PETER CALLAS, DESTINY DEACON, ERNABELLA VIDEO TV/PY MEDIA, LYNDAL JONES, TRACEY MOFFATT, DAVID NOONAN/SIMON TREVAKS, MIKE PARR, PATRICIA PICCININI, DAVID ROSETZKY, DANIEL VON STURMER

1896  
First motion picture film shot in Australia

1896: Melbourne Cup filmed "The first motion picture film shot in Australia was at Flemington racecourse,Melbourne Cup 1896 assisted by Australian Walter Barnett, Lumiere camera operator Maurice Sestier filmed ten 60-second reels chronicling Cup day from the arrival of crowds to the winner, Newhaven, being presented the trophy. On...

2010 28 October  
Move: Video Art in Schools, Launch

MOVE: Video art in schools is a collection of video art works distributed to secondary schools for use in the classroom. Twelve leading Australian artists were commissioned for this program and have generously provided an education edition of their work solely for use in schools. The works are supplied on DVD and...

2004 6 Feb 7 Mar  
The Mass Psychology of Fascism, Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay, Group Exhibition

The Mass Psychology of Fascism, Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay Adam Geczy & Mike Parr Art Gallery of New South Wales.

1983  
Inside TV

Built in Ghosts's guerilla video shop distribution of video art which appeared at the end of VHS rental tapes.

2005 17 Aug 9 Oct  
2004 14 Feb18 Apr  
Fluorescent, One person exhibition

The first formulation of Fluorescent is a 3-screen synchronized DVD with Dolby 5.1 surround sound, commissioned by the Art Gallery of New South Wales' Contemporary Art Projects in 2004. Taking the hyperbolic performative aspects of the narcissistic video-clip, this gallery presentation creates a mega-widescreen stage from which the audience is centred and...

2005 14 Apr 7 May  
Rapsody Happens

The Kingpins exhibition at Artspace, Sydney.

2006  
2008 1720 Jan  
Mortal Engine, Performance

Sydney FestivalDrama Theatre, Sydney Opera HouseJanuary 17-20, 2008

1988 1827 Nov  
Experimenta: Australia's First National Exhibition of Art Film and video, Festival

Experimenta : Australia's first national exhibition of art film and videoMelbourne, Nov. 18th-27th, 1988presented by Modern Image Makers Association Inc. (MIMA) State Film Theatre, City Gallery, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria.

1995  
Filmnews: Final Issue, Magazine

After more than twenty years of continuous publication, Filmnews produces it's final issue.