An exhibition that changes the way we think about the future

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People sit on beanbags in low-lit space watching large screen

The Future and Other Fictions

Client
ACMI
Location

Melbourne, Australia

Year
2024

The Art Processors team have skillfully delivered a vibrant and bold exhibition design, creating a captivating and coherent visitor experience full of hope, colour, optimism and potential that has wide appeal across ages and cultural backgrounds.”

– Seb Chan, ACMI Director & CEO
 

Imagining the futures we might live in

Art Processors partnered with ACMI, Australia’s national museum of screen culture, for its world-class exhibition celebrating the role of screen culture in shaping a more optimistic world.

Art Processors designed a visitor experience that pushes the boundaries of world-building. Drawing on aesthetics like cyberpunk, Afrofuturism and solarpunk, the exhibition spaces aren’t just visually stunning, but provoke meaningful engagement with the exhibition content.

Through expert exhibition and experience design, development, documentation and production services, the Art Processors team enabled ACMI to present an exhibition that changes the ways visitors think about the future, showcasing storytelling by global leaders in film, videogames and screen-based art.
 

At the heart of the exhibition is the visitor, with a thoughtfully choreographed journey that enhances the emotional and intellectual connection with the artworks, props, costumes and film clips on display. We have crafted an experience where visitors step into a story where they’re not just a spectator, but part of the narrative. The exhibition has a cinematic quality, inviting visitors to interact, reflect, and even shape their own vision for the future in small but meaningful ways.

– Tara McDonough, Exhibition Design Director, Art Processors

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View of the inside of the Future and Other Fictions exhibition at ACMI