Stories of Cinema at the QVMAG’s Museum at Inveresk

Launceston’s Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery is the largest museum and art gallery in Australia located outside a capital city. It enjoys an enviable reputation and national profile for its collections of Australian colonial art, contemporary craft and design, Tasmanian history and natural sciences. The Museum is located on two sites: the original purpose-built building in Royal Park and the Inveresk site, an exciting and innovative architectural interpretation of a significant 19th century industrial site- the Launceston Railway Workshops. To mark Tasmania’s first major film festival, QVMAG will be mounting Stories of Cinema, showing aspects of the past, present and future of the art of cinema at Inveresk, home of the MyState BOFA Film Festival.

The Past – The Corrick Collection The Corrick family was a group of talented musicians and singers who toured the world and settled in Launceston. Their performances included silent film presentations, and Leonard Corrick made many films himself and acquired many more from around the world. This priceless collection of 130 silent films was preserved by Leonard’s son John Corrick at his Launceston home, and is now housed in the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra. Stories of Cinema will show these fi lms for the first time in Tasmania, together with an exhibition of equipment used by the Corrick family. The films are a treasure trove of silent classics, many of them handcoloured, and will be screening daily at the Museum throughout the Film Festival , at 11am, 1pm and 3pm.		Day WEDNESDAY 23 – SUNDAY 27 NOVEMBER Time 10.00AM Location QVMAG
The Present – The Photographs of Bradley Patrick Bradley Patrick, the Festival’s Artistic Director, and co-founder of SugarLove Pictures has brought his unique skills as a photographer to over 49 motion pictures and 32 television shows both in Australia and the United States. Bradley was personally chosen as technical consultant by Nicole Kidman for her portrayal of legendary photographer, Diane Arbus in the 2005 US film, FUR. Bradley’s portraits for this particular exhibition include, Oscar winners Jodie Foster, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Renee Zellweger. Other well known actors Cameron Diaz, Uma Thurman, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson and Will Smith will also be included in this photographic essay of current cinema, at the QVMAG to coincide with the Festival.		Day WEDNESDAY 23 – SUNDAY 27 NOVEMBER Time 10.00AM Location QVMAG
The Future – Digital and Beyond A sneak preview of the future – an exhibition showing the future directions for digital technology, media and communication. NBN Co and the University of Tasmania’s Human Interface Technology (H.I.T) Laboratory (who are leaders in virtual reality) provide a glimpse of the power of broadband and leading edge technologies that can make anyone a film-maker.		Day WEDNESDAY 23 – SUNDAY 27 NOVEMBER Time 10.00AM Location QVMAG