A short film installation for Carclew’s Sharehouse South Australian Living Artist’s (SALA) exhibition ‘Refractions’.

WINNER OF THE SALA UNITCARE DIGITAL MEDIA AWARD 2021

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SCREEN AWARDS 2021
WINNER Best Cinematography
NOMINATED FOR Best Production Design

WHICH MADE THIS PLACE HOME exhibition will run again in contemporary art gallery Praxis Artspace in South Australia, and NG Arts Vernissage in France in September/October 22.

ARTIST STATEMENT
What makes a house a home?

The items we surround ourselves with hold meaning, memories, feelings. The moments that shake us to our core, that move us, that scare us, that remind us of gratefulness. Our lives are watched by the things we surround ourselves with.
Which Made This Place Home is an immersive film instillation, documenting a series of poignant moments in a family home through the eyes of various household objects. Film projection, set design, improvisation, and an original cinematic score lay the foundation for this fictional narrative piece.
Loosely inspired by family experiences, entwined with my own niggling anxieties and imagination, this project explores love, loss, and the unexpectedness that is life.
Objects are just things. Things that we can touch, smell, see. But ultimately it’s the moments we share in the presence of them, and the memories in which we attach to them, which make them so significant.

Originally created for the Carclew Sharehouse 2021 exhibition, the film is best viewed within a recreation of the final set from the film. Intimate audiences of 6-8 sat at the table with the thread hanging loose, on the velvet orange couch, smelt wafts of lavender, etc.

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STARRING
Luca Sardelis
Alexander Vlahos
Alex Schulze
Mark Fantasia
Savannah Callipari
Jordan C-S
Lauren Fraser
Christian Bartlett
Lisa Fanto
Federica Lupis
Carole-Ann Folks

WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND PRODUCED by
Maddie Grammatopoulos

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nick Frayne

ORIGINAL SCORE
Motez

PRODUCTION DESIGN & COSTUME
Maddie Grammatopoulos

1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA
Jake Viskic
Jack Turner

2ND ASSISTANT CAMERA
Mayah Salter
Emerson Hoskin

1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Lucinda Corin

2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
L Belair

HAIR AND MAKEUP
Jasmine mua

EDITED BY
Maddie Grammatopoulos
Nick Frayne