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  • VCA Digital Archive: Word Art

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection. Enjoy!...

    July 25, 2019 Film and Televi...
  • Sally Smart: “First Commissions takes our artists to the world”

    Ahead of the First Commissions exhibition in Melbourne on 27 and 28 July, multidisciplinary artist – and Vice-Chancellors Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne – Sally Smart tells Mireille Stahle about the “commission” that launched her career, and how Australian artists are turning their gaze to the rest of the world. The one thing that's critical for a young artist …

    July 24, 2019 VCA Art, First ...
  • VCA Digital Archive: The City

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection. Enjoy!...

    July 18, 2019 VCA, FTV Digita...
  • Southbank Campus to open for Open House Melbourne

    Open House Melbourne visitors can be among the first to see the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music's new world-class spaces at Southbank on 27 and 28 July, as part of a broader Open House Melbourne program at the University of Melbourne....

    July 16, 2019 VCA, MCM, Open ...
  • VCA Digital Archive: an interview with filmmaker Qiu Yang

    He recently won the Leitz Cine Discovery Prize during Critic’s Week at Cannes. Meet the Changzhou-based filmmaker and VCA Master of Film and Television graduate Qiu Yang....

    July 11, 2019 Film and Televi...
  • Bill Henson: “There is no formula for how creativity unfolds”

    Bill Henson is one of Australia's best-known contemporary photographers – but it was not always thus. As the First Commissions art project launches ahead of an exhibition in Melbourne on 27 and 28 July, he tells Mireille Stahle about his early years as an artist. ...

    July 10, 2019 Alumni, First C...
  • First Commissions art project launches in Florence

    A major Australian arts project presented by the University of Melbourne has been launched at the feet of Michelangelo’s David, the world’s most famous statement on physical perfection, ahead of exhibitions in Florence and Melbourne this month....

    July 4, 2019 Alumni, Interna...
  • VCA Digital Archive: why so queer?

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...

    June 27, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: menstruation as inspiration

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...

    June 20, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: #Metoo and the myth of male genius

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Ivana Brehas Sunday Emerson Gullifer’s dazzling short film tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow (2018), examines the physical and psychological damage inflicted on people …

    June 13, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: top ten horror films

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Felix Brown There is nothing quite like a good horror film. The genre is often misconstrued as tactless, mindless and merely exploitative for …

    June 6, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: Justin Kurzel, Adam Elliot, Ariel Kleiman

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...

    May 31, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: animation and diversity

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Jean Tong Along with many contemporary artists, I spend a lot of time contemplating "diversity" and its representation in the media we …

    May 24, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: multiculturalism in Australia

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...

    May 16, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: outsiders and misfits

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...

    May 9, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: the Aussie musical short film

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...

    May 2, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • Adam Elliot, filmmaker – Alumni Stories at the VCA, University of Melbourne

    Adam Elliot completed his Post-Graduate Diploma in Animation at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1996. He went on to win the 2004 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, for the claymation film Harvie Krumpet. ...

    April 24, 2019 Alumni, Screen
  • VCA Digital Archive: short documentaries

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy...

    April 11, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: film festivals, and what they’re looking for

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Braiden Asciak At the Victorian College of the Arts, young filmmakers are given the freedom to think differently and tell bold stories, …

    April 5, 2019 VCA, FTV Digita...
  • Five questions for Dr Annabelle Murphy, Senior Lecturer (Film and Television), University of Melbourne

    As part of our ongoing Staff Stories, Dr Annabelle Murphy discusses her filmmaking and academic career, which began with a classic red typewriter and a big imagination....

    March 29, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: Melbourne, you’re a star!

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Victoria Perin Don’t let Melbourne ruin your student film. She will, if you let her. Mid-2018 I watched dozens of student films, …

    March 28, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: Towering storeys

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...

    March 21, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: Ding! Ding! Melbourne trams

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Cassandra Gorton  Sydney has the internationally recognised firework and traffic receptacle the Harbour Bridge. Adelaide’s skyline is slashed with steeples and spires. …

    March 14, 2019 VCA, FTV Digita...
  • VCA Digital Archive: Gay experience

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Aaron Hughes Each short film in the VCA Digital Archive is a vignette: a passion project capturing a writer-filmographer’s idea as a …

    March 7, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: Girl at the Window, inspired by a Gerald Murnane documentary

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Monica Raszewski Morning sunlight streamed in through the window above Anna’s desk and reminded her of summer mornings at Klara’s place. She thought …

    February 28, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: Life after death

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...

    February 21, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • Meet Rachael Alford, Master of Screenwriting graduate, University of Melbourne

    An actor and writer, Rachael Alford recently graduated from the Master of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. Here, she talks about her approach to work, her passion for the creative arts, and what it's like to delve into fictional worlds of her own creation....

    February 20, 2019 Student stories...
  • VCA Digital Archive: Love and joy

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...

    February 14, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA Digital Archive: Representations of mental health in film

    The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films dating back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...

    February 7, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • What is Interactive Composition at the University of Melbourne?

    It defies easy definition, but those who have had anything to do with Interactive Composition at The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music know its value. It's a course for innovators, creators, collaborators and ground-breakers. When Interactive Composition graduates leave the University, they go into the world and make their mark....

    January 14, 2019 VCA, MCM, Music...
  • Winging It – a web series produced by the University of Melbourne

    "Heaven has been corporatised, and no-one hates his job more than Michael ..." Winging It is a seven-part web series developed as part of a Faculty of Fine Arts and Music interdisciplinary collaboration. Meet two of its writers, and watch the first episode, below.  By Thuy On The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music's inaugural Web Series, an ongoing annual project that …

    January 11, 2019 VCA, Film and T...
  • Tiriki Onus: five questions for the Acting Head of the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the University of Melbourne

    The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, percentage-wise, has the highest number of Indigenous students of any faculty at any university in Victoria, and now there are plans to rename campus paths and walkways with local Indigenous place names. Acting Head of the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development, Tiriki Onus, tells us more. ...

    December 3, 2018 VCA, MCM, Indig...
  • Flamingos, giants, and School of Rock: backstage with VCA Production students

    Without sound designers, stage managers, and set and costume designers, many stage, screen and music performances would never get off the ground. We spoke to three graduating Production students about their profession, philosophies, favourite projects, and what's on the horizon for next year....

    November 27, 2018 VCA, Student st...
  • VCA 2018 Graduate Film Series: Moonshine

    The annual Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television Graduate Screenings showcase the talent of our Film & Television students. We caught up with filmmaker Jake Neville to talk about his film Moonshine, screening at ACMI on Sunday 9 and Saturday 15 December....

    November 26, 2018 VCA, Film and T...
  • VCA 2018 Graduate Film Series: Love is a Lunatic City

    The annual Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television Graduate Screenings showcase the talent of our Film and Television students. We caught up with director Hannah Moore and producer Lauren Beck to talk about their film Love is a Lunatic City, screening at ACMI on Friday 7 and Saturday 15 December....

    November 23, 2018 Film and Televi...
  • VCA 2018 Graduate Film Series: Among Men

    The annual Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television Graduate Screenings showcase the talent of our Film & Television students. We caught up with director Ande Cunningham and producer Melanie Scammell to talk about their film Among Men, screening at ACMI on Saturday 8 and Sunday 16 December....

    November 23, 2018 VCA, Film and T...
  • Explainer: what is artistic research?

    The role of artistic researchers is not to describe their work – it's something else entirely....

    November 20, 2018 Research, Expla...
  • In Pictures: Folio Live

    Over five evenings in November, Interactive Composition students from the University of Melbourne took over Grant Street Theatre with collaborative sound and media works which incorporating sound with film, animation, dance, theatre, installation, visual art, production, songwriting and performance. Here are some highlights from Folio Live 2018 by photographer Sav Schulman....

    November 12, 2018 Theatre, Dance,...
  • Arts explainer: what is social practice?

    We hear a lot about social practice in the arts, but what actually is it? We asked course coordinator of the University of Melbourne's new Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) in Social Practice and Community Engagement Dr Danny Butt....

    October 5, 2018 Research, Wilin...
  • A tour of Melbourne’s Arts Precinct and the people who make it

    The reimagining of Melbourne's Southbank is a source of disruption, possibility and hope for the people and organisations of the Arts Precinct. ...

    September 21, 2018 Film and Televi...
  • Acting it Out: a new VCA Theatre initiative to increase diversity

    The Victorian College of the Arts' new outreach program aims to support students from Indigenous and culturally diverse backgrounds. ...

    August 15, 2018 VCA, Alumni, VC...
  • Hollywood actor Jane BadlerHains: from V to the VCA

    Earlier this week, actor, singer, producer, and philanthropist Jane BadlerHains visited the Victorian College of the Arts to share the story of her decades-long performing career with our Acting students – and to announce a new relationship with the Faculty. ...

    August 10, 2018 Acting, VCA The...
  • How to digitally render Ned Kelly as a woman going to a ball

    In this video, as part of our ongoing How To series, VCA Production Lecturer in Design Anna Cordingley demonstrates how to digitally render a costume design. Find out more about Production at the Victorian College of the Arts. See also: How to make an acid dance track with the Roland TB-303. How to create backing tracks with the Boss RC-30 Loop Station. …

    August 7, 2018 VCA, Production...
  • Martyn Myer: ‘A world-class cultural capital needs a world-class arts training faculty’

    Philanthropists come in all shapes and sizes, but for Martyn Myer there's only one approach: roll up your sleeves and don't take no for an answer. ...

    August 6, 2018 Southbank redev...
  • VCA x MIFF: five films at the 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival

    Five films by Victorian of the Arts students and alumni are screening at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival. Here's the roundup. ...

    July 11, 2018 VCA, Alumni, Fi...
  • Meet the Animation alumna shortlisted for the BAFTA Student Film Awards, Anastasia Dyakova

    Victorian College of the Arts graduate Anastasia Dyakova’s film Ready for a Baby has been shortlisted for the BAFTA Student Film Awards. She tells us about being shortlisted, and what’s next up in her animation career....

    June 25, 2018 VCA, Alumni, Fi...
  • VCA alumni on the big screen at Palm Springs International ShortFest

    Of more than 4,200 short film submissions from more than 100 countries, works by eight Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television alumni have been selected. ...

    June 21, 2018 VCA, Alumni, Fi...
  • Five Deadly Questions for Richard Frankland

    Associate Professor Richard Frankland is Head of the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the University of Melbourne. He's also a key figure in ongoing talks with the Victorian Government to establish a treaty or treaties to acknowledge the unique position of Aboriginal Australians, and a participant in the Victorian Government's recently-launched Deadly Questions initiative.  ...

    June 8, 2018 Art, Screen, St...
  • Patrick White Playwrights’ Award recipient Kim Ho: putting cross-cultural stories centre stage

    Kim Ho is a Melbourne-based playwright, actor, and the 2017 recipient of the prestigious Patrick White Playwrights' Award for his play Mirror's Edge, which explores the interplay of Anglo-European, Chinese, and Indigenous cultures in Australia across three centuries. Here, he talks about the catalyst for writing the play, and his commitment to addressing cross-cultural issues – even if they're uncomfortable....

    May 29, 2018 VCA, Theatre, S...
  • Meet the staff: Faculty of Fine Arts and Music

    Dinosaur spirit animals, lurking rulers and miniature chairs – yes, we're an eclectic bunch ... ...

    May 16, 2018 VCA, MCM, Staff...

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