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ACMI – Tim Burton: The art and imagination of the most fantastical filmmaker of our time

Oct 22, ’09 1:48 PM

ACMI – Tim Burton: The art and imagination of the most fantastical filmmaker of our time

Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (2005), Directed by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson, Shown: Co-director Tim Burton on the set, Photo credit: Derek Frey

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) joins Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2010 with an Australian exclusive exhibition direct from The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The largest exhibition to ever be presented in ACMI’s Gallery 1 has been curated in direct collaboration with Burton and features artworks and objects drawn from his personal archive, as well as studio archives and the private collections.

The exhibition follows the course of Burton’s career, with childhood ephemera, juvenilia, and amateur short films from his youth in Burbank, California; cartoons and drawings from his time at California Institute of the Arts; and examples of his first professional work at The Walt Disney Studios. Burton’s artistic output includes shorts Vincent (1982) and Frankenweenie (1984); and 15 feature films including Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985), Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Batman Returns (1992), Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Planet of the Apes (2001), Big Fish (2003), Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd (2007) and Alice in Wonderland (2010); as well as writing and web projects such as Stainboy (2000).

Tim Burton. (American, b. 1958), Untitled (The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories ), 1982–1984, Pen and ink, marker, and colored pencil on paper, 10 x 9″ (25.4 x 22.9cm), Private Collection, © 2009 Tim Burton

Tim Burton will open at ACMI on 24 June and run until 10 October 2010. Mr Burton will be at ACMI in Melbourne for the opening of the exhibition.
To accompany the exhibition ACMI will curate a film season and specialist public and education programs for all ages, which will be announced at a later date.
Tim Burton is the second Melbourne Winter Masterpiece exhibition at ACMI after Pixar: 20 years of Animation, which broke international attendance records in 2007. Tim Burton will directly follow Dennis Hopper and the New Hollywood, another Australian exclusive exhibition at ACMI which premieres on 12 November 2009.

See more at ACMI here

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Andrei Popa

Oct 22, ’09 1:46 PM

Andrei Popa

Magni, Packaging design, Andrei Popa

Creative packaging design from Romanian designer Andrei Popa.
“In the absence of interesting projects, I came up with this idea that challenged my passion for colors and shapes. I created an unconventional package for an imaginary brand – Magni, a chocolate for exquisite tastes. The consistency of milk or honey is the one that highlights the taste of pure cocoa butter, that’s why I played with contrasts, with sparkling colors, dark shadows and triangular shapes. To sweeten up the blend I added a drop of milk or honey to distinguish between the various assortments. Finally, “the client” declared himself satisfied.” – Andrei Popa

Brisk, Packaging design, Andrei Popa

“Packaging for an imaginary product, men only, called Brisk.
Brisk it’s about hyper-masculine attitudes related to women’s desires and preferences, it’s about skipping the clichés, about style and comfort with no added sugar.” – Andrei Popa

See more of Andrei’s work here.

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Surveillance win Gold & Silver at 39th Annual Creativity Awards in the USA

Oct 22, ’09 1:41 PM

Surveillance win Gold & Silver at 39th Annual Creativity Awards in the USA

Horizons newsletter, Gold Award, Newsletters (Business-to-business), Qantas Airport Services, James Armstrong (design and creative direction) and Nina Duric (design and layout)

Sydney design firm Surveillance has been awarded Gold and Silver graphic design awards at the prestigious 39th Annual Creativity Awards held in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Judges announced their decision during October, rewarding Surveillance’s work for the following client projects: A Gold Award for a branded corporate newsletter titled Horizons, for Qantas Airport Services; and a Silver Award for label designs for a range of bottled consumer water called ‘A Bottle Of’. Surveillance was one of only five Australian companies recognised at Creativity 39. A full list of awards winners can be found here.

A Bottle Of ‘Love’, ‘Strength’ and ‘Wellbeing’ water bottle labels, Silver Award, Food and Beverage Packaging, A Bottle Of, James Armstrong

The 39th Annual Creativity Awards received thousands of entries from 37 countries and 37 US states. The competition showcases work from around the globe in the Annual Book published after the close of each year’s competition and sold in bookstores around the world.

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