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You Will See Me

You Will See Me

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 12, 2021

Runtime

0h 10m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

You Will See Me

Production Companies

Australian Centre of the Moving Image

Director

Conor Bateman

Description

A five-channel video installation commissioned for the permanent exhibition space at the Australian Centre of the Moving Image (ACMI). “The camera doesn’t just capture us, it frames who we are and how we’re seen. Since the camera became more accessible in the mid-20th century, artists and amateurs alike have turned the lens on themselves to create a stage both private and public. This tradition is continued, amplified and transformed through reality TV, the internet and social media, the latest forms to use straight-to-camera techniques to share our common humanity, project authenticity and illuminate how a sense of self can be constructed through the moving image.”