🎬 Enter a time machine: ‘Video Land’ by Callum Preston within the Melbourne Immigration Museum.
Howdy enthusiastic retro! If in case you have ever longed for the times of the VHS tapes, neon indicators and the emotion of selecting the right movie on Friday night time, ‘Video Land’ by Callum Preston is your dream come true. Positioned throughout the ‘Pleasure’ of the Immigration Museum Exhibition, this immersive set up is a honest tribute to the enduring video shops of the Nineteen Nineties
🛋️ A nostalgic immersion within the 90s
‘Video Land’ is not only a murals; It’s a massive -scale duplicate of a 90’s video rental retailer, accomplished with HSV tapes, gender marked cabinets and even a retro counter the place you’ll be able to accumulate a simulated membership card that’s deliciously deliciously of enormous and ineffective, identical to the actual factor! Each element, from deliberately imperfect lighting (consider false lifeless bugs in equipment) to the busy carpet designed to measure, every thing has been meticulously elaborated to move it again in time.
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Supply: Museums Victoria
🎞️ Greater than a fantastic facade
Past visible nostalgia, ‘Video Land’ presents a number of VHS tapes from Preston’s private assortment, together with gems similar to ‘Junior’, ‘Brewster’s Thousands and thousands’ and ‘Grease’. There may be even a tv that touches classic -style commercials and antipiratry adverts created by Preston himself, including layers of authenticity to expertise.
🎉 A part of the exhibition ‘Pleasure’
‘Video Land’ is considered one of a number of amenities within the exhibition ‘Pleasure’, the place Victorian artists discover the idea of pleasure by way of varied media. From interactive artwork to vibrant murals, the exhibition presents a variety of experiences designed to boost and encourage.
📅 Do not miss!
This nostalgic journey is open till August 29, 2025, on the Melbourne Immigration Museum. Whether or not she is a fan of each retro, a cinema fan or just somebody who seeks to revive the magic of the 90s, ‘Video Land’ is a should.
🎟️ Plan your go to
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Location: Immigration Museum, Melbourne CBD
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Dates: Now till August 29, 2025
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Tickets: Included with the museum’s entrance ($ 15 for adults; free for youngsters and members) – Go right here.
So take your membership card (imaginary), rewind your favourite recollections and enter ‘Video Land’, the place the previous is all the time able to play!
