Goddess is the Melbourne Winter Masterpiece exhibition
ACMI is set to pay tribute to the formidable women of the screen in next year’s blockbuster: Goddess. Never-before-seen costumes, cinematic treasures, interactive experiences and large-scale projections will unveil, examine and celebrate the changing representation of femininity across film history through provocative on-screen moments.
Presenting the daring, disruptive and defiant characters that have shaped our screen culture, the exhibition invites audiences to celebrate the power and complexity of the goddess on screen.
Goddess will premiere in Melbourne, opening 5 April 2023, before the exhibition tours internationally.
Goddess is a powerful portrait of on-screen personas who have come to define and disrupt the feminine ideal. Going behind the lens, Goddess will also examine the off-screen conversations – and even social rebellions – these portrayals often ignited, from the gender redefining sartorial statements of Marlene Dietrich’s tuxedo in Morocco (1930) and Tilda Swinton’s gender