DIRECTOR’S NAME: TARRYN GILL AND PILAR MATA DUPONT / COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: AUSTRALIA / DURATION: 4’07 / MUSIC: ‘GIRLS IN GREY’ BY CHARLES WILLIAMS, PUBLISHER: CHAPPELL RECORDED MUSIC LIBRARY / CAST: TESSA ANDERSON, ODA AUNAN, MAREE COLE, THEA COSTANTINO, MATTHEW DAVIES, ALEXANDRA ENRIGHT, THOMAS ENRIGHT , TRISTAN FEIHN, SHERIDAN GILL, ARIELLE GRAY, SHERRY-ANNE HAYES, KRISTY HINGSTON, JACQUI HOWELL, CHRISTOPHER ISAACS, LUCAS MATA, STEVE MATTIOLI, LILY NEWBURY-FREEMAN, BRETT O’MARA, JENNIFER PHILLIPS, CHLOE POTTER, TIM WATTS / DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY & EDITOR: JUSTIN BARNES / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: TARRYN GILL AND PILAR MATA DUPONT / STYLIST: TARRYN GILL AND PILAR MATA DUPONT / HAIR: SHERIDAN GILL AND THEA COSTANTINO / MAKE-UP: SHERIDAN GILL
FILM SYNOPSIS:
In Gymnasium 20 athletes ’perform’ indoor gymnastic-like routines. Their movements are rhythmical and repetitive, like clockwork. We investigate how the same qualities valued in sport; camaraderie, focus and control, submissive behaviour; are also valued in militarised societies. We link the sportsfield to the battlefield as a demonstration of legitimate patriotic aggression, and success as a source of national pride.
DIRECTOR’S BIO:
Gill and Dupont are artists, producers and performers who work together on a practice that encompasses photography, performance, choreography, film and design. Recent exhibitions include : remix: wa contemporary art, Art Gallery of Western Australia; The Biennale of Sydney; Contemporary Australian Art: Optimism, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. They won the Basil Sellers Art Prize with their video work Gymnasium.
