^{Image: Angela Tiatia, photographic still from Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis, 2020. Images courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf} 

As the evenings become cooler, Bunjil Place will bring warmth, movement and light with the Art After Dark program.  From April to August, for 2 hours each evening, the Bunjil Place Outdoor Screen will exhibit video art works by established artists. Their work is exhibited on loop from 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm each evening, as if in the gallery space, but instead under the moonlight on our Outdoor Screen. 

^{Image : Richard Reeves, still from Fusion, 2023. Images courtesy the Melbourne Animation Posse.}

The notion of the moving image as an art form rather than mere entertainment developed in the 1920s. Whilst filmmaking was becoming increasingly ambitious in Europe and America, filmmakers were considered entertainers rather than artists. Meanwhile in Paris, artists such as Man Ray, Fernand Léger, and Marcel Duchamp had begun experimenting with film as form producing Avant-guard sequences.  In Germany and the Soviet Union, artists were exploring techniques like collaging, fracturing and montaging scenes to form dream-like visions. With the development of the video camera in the 1960s, video art emerged as an accessible art form that became widely recognised by galleries and museums. Nam Jun Paik was considered the pioneer of video art who throughout his illustrious career continued to push the boundaries of the medium through technological advances.  Fast forward to the present day and video art is recognised as a respected art form which is exhibited widely in galleries and commodified through limited edition copies. Many artists work with video as an extension of their core practice or their primary focus. 
Here are the artists who will be exhibiting on the Bunjil Place Outdoor Screen as part of Art After Dark series in 2025.  

^{1 – 30 April: Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis, Angela Tiatia, 2010, digital video}

^{1 – 31 May: Abstract Showcase, Melbourne International Animation Festival, artist various}

^{1 – 30 June: The Magnetic Quiet Zone, Philip Samartzis, Martin Walch, Sean Williams, 2018}

<sup>1  - 27 July: Sky of Flowers, Pixel Craft Studios, 2025, Augmented Reality installation

1 – 31 August: Elsewhere in India, Avinash Kumar and Murtho Murthovic, 2025, digital video</sup>