FREE EVENT

10am - 10.30pm

HOTEL ETICO @ MOUNT VICTORIA MANOR 11 Montgomery St, Mt Victoria 2786

Experience moving image artworks in the salons of this magnificent, historic venue. Discover contemporary art in unexpected spaces, settle in and watch an array of short films, including in our unique pop-up horse box cinema for 2. Grab a bite to eat at Piccolo Deli and Café just down the road on Station Street, and take in the street screenings. Then head back to the Manor for a fascinating conversation between two accomplished artists.

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ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION FREE EVENT 3-4PM SALON 2 SARAH BREEN LOVETT IN CONVERSATION WITH TOM LOVEDAY

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Afterwards, head to the Etico Bar at the Manor or enjoy a sunset Lumière cocktail on the verandah before a tasty dinner at Niccolo’s Restaurant.

Why not treat yourself & enjoy the special fundraising DINNER + MOVIE event + Lumière Artists in conversation at Mount Vic Flicks TICKETS

Then stay the night at Etico in style, so you can catch more Lumière events on Sunday, including a not-to-be-missed performance at the RHOMBOID (see Sunday 24th program for details).

10am - 10.30pm

Step into your own magic mini-cinema for 2 people in a converted horse box and experience a carefully-curated selection of short animated films and historic gems, from the birth of the moving image, to contemporary film-making.

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Gold coin donation / popcorn

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Slices of Time: Eadweard Muybridge’s Cinematic Legacy

Eadweard Muybridge is remembered today for his pioneering photographic studies of motion, which ultimately led to the development of cinema. - SFMOMA

An animation, on loan to Lumière courtesy of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Produced by SFMOMA Animated by Drew Christie and Dane Herforth 3mins 51sec

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We Grow Accustomed To The Dark (Poetry of Perception - 2/8) 

Part 2 of an 8-part series of representations of perception and sensation. 2mins 12sec

Words by Emily Dickinson 

Animation by Hannah Jacobs hellohannahjacobs.com

Narration by Anna Martine

Sound + Music by Oswald Skillbard skillbard.com

Produced by Nadja Oertelt nadjaoertelt.com

HarvardX Neuroscience www.fundamentalsofneuroscience.com

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Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip To The Moon) Georges Méliès 1902 12mins

This famous film is considered to be the first science-fiction film in cinematic history. A group of astronomers in constellation-covered robes decide to construct a rocket and travel to the Moon. They land in the poor man-in’the-moon’s eye, and set off to explore the Moon's surface. They encounter strange moon inhabitants called Selenites, and return to Earth, bringing one back home in their rocket. Originally silent, before the ‘talkies’ were invented, screenings of the film would have been accompanied by a live musician on piano, who would add drama and emotion to the story. This version’s soundtrack is by David Short & the Billi Brass Quintet

Image: Still from video projection of Viridescence by Naomi Oliver (screened @ Mountain Style Antiques), Station St, Mount Victoria

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VIEWING TIMES

Works can be viewed between these times (& through Station St shop windows after store opening hours).

Friday 22nd April 9am -10pm

Saturday 23rd April 9am - 10pm

Sunday 24th 9am - 6pm

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday - closed

Thursday 28th April 4pm - 8.30pm

Friday 29th April 9am - 10pm

Saturday 30th April 9am - 10pm

Sunday 1st May 9am - 4pm

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Wander down historic, tree-lined Station Street, adorned with fairy lights, and visit the little row of shops to discover video works tucked away in unexpected places. As you stroll, hunt for treasures in antique emporiums Mountains Style and The Gallery, grab a bite to eat at Piccolo Deli & Café, or settle in for a substantial meal at the V&A Hotel, or Niccolo’s Restaurant @ Etico, exploring the screenings in each venue. See times above, and shop/hotel hours below.

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VILLAGE VENUE OPENING HOURS Mountain Style Thurs-Sun 10am-4pm The Gallery Thurs-Sun 10am - 4pm Piccolo Café Thurs-Sun 9am - 2pm

V&A Guesthouse Main Bar & Restaurant

Thurs-Sun 12-10pm

Restaurant open for dinner only

Book (02) 4787 1348

Works in Hotel Etico, Niccolo’s Restaurant & Bar

Thur-Sun 10am - 10pm

Restaurant open for dinner only

Book: 0438 511 352

10am - 2pm

Victoria & Albert Hotel

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Gold coin donation

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Suitable for 5yrs+

Please note: the immersive space will be managed by a responsible adult with all required child safety clearances. Parents/Carers, please remain in the venue while your child is in the Lumière space.

Naomi Oliver will facilitate an immersive, interactive, creative experience for children, specially curated for Lumière, in the Victoria & Albert Hotel. The V& A’s salon will transform into a fun, colourful, light-filled space, encouraging imaginative and sensory play, including RGB lighting for colour and shadow experimentation, and interactive light-table activities. Participants will learn about colour mixing, composition, refraction, and creating art with light projection.

Children will become collaborative artists and shape the installation's appearance, using prisms, coloured gels, shadow shapes, and materials to produce layered projections in the space.

They will document their visual experiments via photography and video. These are inclusive, accessible events, providing supported, safe, exploratory spaces for children 5yrs and over.

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Gather your friends, family, business teams and social groups and make this a night to remember. Enjoy a glamorous night out and show your support for community regeneration and recovery, following the devastations wrought on locals by bushfires, floods and Covid-19.

Hotel Etico & Mount Vic Flicks are hosting a very special dinner & movie evening. Join the Lumière Artists after the screening, in conversation with the festival’s Curator, Rebecca Waterstone.

LUMIÈRE SCREENING @ MT VIC FLICKS (doors 4.30pm) 5 – 6.30pm

ARTISTS & CURATOR IN CONVERSATION 6.30 - 7pm

DINNER 7.30 - 9.30

Niccolo’s Restaurant @ Hotel Etico 5 course curated Italian feast (option to add matched local boutique wines)

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WHY DO WE NEED TO RAISE MONEY?

Mt Victoria village, along with many others, was adversely affected by the 2019/20 bushfires, closely followed by Covid-19, floods and landslips. Locals dealt with sustained, multiple catastrophic events for two and a half years without time to process or recover before the next disaster hit. We have first-hand experience of the terror and decimation the fires caused, resulting in evacuations and long-term psychological effects. Visitors avoided travelling to the Blue Mountains, shops were forced to close during lockdowns, leaving businesses struggling.

A palpable melancholy still exists, a sense of collective mourning for our losses. We are quiet, contemplative, in shock, consoling and coming together wherever it is safe to do so, drawing strength from our communities, and hope from the resilient, regenerating bush. The landscape is still eerily quiet in places, the scale of the losses unprecedented. We know many people share this experience.

WHERE WILL THE MONEY GO?

Mt Victoria RFS

Mount Victoria Community Association to support local improvements

Local youth support organisation MYST (Mountains Youth Services Team)

HOW WILL LUMIÈRE HELP MOUNT VICTORIA’S COMMUNITY & LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE?

Lumière is a catalyst to bring people together and attract visitors both local and from further afield. We want to help restore the village’s vibrancy and celebrate new beginnings via engagement with contemporary art. Mount Victoria is small (but perfectly formed) and doesn’t have the tourist footfall of places such as the Three Sisters in Katoomba to keep things ticking over smoothly in challenging times. It works harder with considerably less resources and infrastructure to ensure prosperity. Despite this, the resilient community punches well above it’s weight, and proves every day that small is indeed powerful and beautiful. We’ve met many amazing people and are honoured to be working with the community to present Lumière in this extraordinary place.

As we all know, Covid has forced us to remain apart for a long time, and we haven’t been able to gather or engage with culture as much as we have in the past. It has separated us just when we needed to come together the most. This has deeply affected individuals’ and businesses’ prosperity and wellbeing.

So, through your generous support, this fundraising evening hopes to provide you with a great night, and Mount Victoria with the resources to address and alleviate some of these burdens. We also particularly recognise the need to support young people through these challenging times.

We thank you deeply for your support, and hope you enjoy this special evening.

Grab yourself a limited-run, hand-printed Lumière T-shirt!

11am - 2pm

HOTEL ETICO @

MT VICTORIA MANOR

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Bring along your own t-shirt and have it printed with the Lumière logo by artist Julie Paterson on the spot. $20 adults / $10 kids

Cash only

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T-shirts must be plain, cotton and ironed flat (on a hanger is helpful).

Exclusively hand-printed for Lumière by local textile artist and designer

Julie Paterson