CINEMA ALLEY 2014
When
Friday, 7 February 2014, 7:00am
Location
Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Paramount House, 80 Commonwealth Street Surry Hills, Sydney
Friday 7 February 2014
Golden Age Cinema & Bar, 80 Commonwealth St, Surry Hills
Cinema Alley at Golden Age Cinema & Bar is a night of Chinese cinematic wonder and cutting-edge video art presented in the architectural grandeur of the art deco Paramount Pictures building in the ‘Hollywood Quarter’ of Sydney’s Surry Hills.
Curated by 4A in response to the unique setting of Golden Age Cinema, Cinema Alley at Golden Age Cinema & Bar presents two feature films and two installations of video art that explore the significant changes that have occurred to the physical and cultural landscape of China over recent decades.
Offering ticketed cinema screenings in addition to free contemporary video art installations, dapper attired wait staff, specially curated cocktails and tempting bites, 4A invites audiences to bring in the Chinese Year of the Horse in the elegant surrounds of a ‘golden age’.
Curator Toby Chapman says, ‘Cinema Alley presents a suite of feature lms and video installations from China that engage with ideas of nostalgia and the important role that the moving image has played in China’s collective imagination.’
The evening will feature the Sydney premiere screening of leading Chinese director Jia Zhangke’s (贾樟柯) A Touch of Sin (天注定) (2013), the critically acclaimed Tarantino-esque thriller that earned Best Screenplay at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Also showing is Jia Zhangke’s haunting minimalist drama Still Life (三峡好人) (2006), awarded Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2006.
In the foyer and bar areas, the free video art installations by contemporary Chinese artist Chen Qiulin (陈秋林), and Hong Kong based video, installation and performance artist Adrian Wong, will provide multi-sensory experiences with bespoke costumes, cocktails and dining menu to complete the evening.
Cinema Alley at Golden Age Cinema & Bar is produced by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in partnership with Golden Age Cinema & Bar and is an associated event of the Sydney Chinese New Year Festival.
