ALTAR Film Screening

ALTAR (Anthropological Laboratory for Tropical Audiovisual Research) is a group at The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Cairns (https://espaces.edu.au/altar). We screen classic and contemporary ethnographic films monthly on the big screen at The Cairns Institute lecture theatre, D3.054. Open and FREE to the public.

Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989, 81 mins) is a film portrait of Tokyo based fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto.

Wim Wenders was commissioned by the Centre Georges Pompidou to make a film about fashion and its place in contemporary society. Moving between Tokyo and Paris, from the creation of one collection to its premiere at a fashion show, the film is an intimate portrait of a consummate professional and an engaging exploration of the visual medium.

Screened with permission of Wim Wenders Stiftung in Germany, Axion Films UK and Madman Entertainment, Australia. ALTAR's Daniela Vávrová will introduce the film and lead discussion afterwards.

Location: D3.054 
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 pm