THE MERCURY CINEMA
The Mercury and Iris Cinemas are run by the Media Resource Centre to enhance screen culture and to give screening opportunities to emerging South Australian film, video and digital media artists.
Cinemas are also available for hire. For more information CLICK HERE.
TICKET SALES
To purchase tickets in advance, call 8410 0979 between 9:30 - 5:00 Monday to Friday with your credit card handy.
OR Call into the MRC at
13 Morphett St Adelaide (behind the Mercury)
between 9:30 -5:00 Monday to Friday
You can purchase movie tickets at the Mercury Cinema box-office half an hour prior to the advertised screening time.
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CONTACT
Venue & Events Manager, P.J. Murton e-mail
Exhibition Manager, Toby Bramwell e-mail
Ph. (08) 8410 0979
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17TH curator in residence
LATERAL MOVEMENT: ART AND THE MOVING IMAGE
Sat 21 Feb & Mon 23 Feb 2009 The Media Resource Centre and Big Pond Adelaide Film Festival present two programs of innovative experimental work as part of the MRC's 17th Curator in Residence program. Encouraging the audience to actively engage and explore the program, screenings will take place in the Mercury Cinema while looped installations of contemporary video work play simultaneously in the foyer. |
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Doors open 8:00pm Saturday February 21
POST WAR EXPERIMENTAL FILM (18+)
Lost treasures are rediscovered in an overview of 1940s-1970s experimental film curated by the MRC's Exhibition Manager Toby Bramwell. Cinematic conventions are cast aside as the most daring visionaries of this era reveal an ever-growing palette of visual possibilities on the screen. Expect to find a selection of works from film art pioneers Maya Deren, Len Lye and Kenneth Anger. |
Doors open 8:00pm Monday February 23
NEW EXPERIMENTAL FILM (18+)
You won’t find the cutting edge of visual innovation in your TV guide. While mass media broadcasts remain conservative, radical independent film and video artists are mobilising, conceiving, creating, collaborating and colliding in a growing international scene. Curated by the 17th Curators in Residence, Dan Monceaux and Emma Sterling, this showcase celebrates the wealth and diversity of emerging experimental cinema. Expect visual music, abstraction, animation, surreal music videos and more. Click here to apply for the New Experimental Film Program and view program information |