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Toronto filmmaker Kenton Vaughan will fly to Sydney to present the Australian premiere of The Museum December 1st 2008 at the Australian Museum. Kenton Vaughan will take part in a Q&A with Australian Museum director Frank Howarth after the screening.
It's tough running a museum in the 21st century, competing with all the flashy distractions of the digital age. So when William Thorsell assumes command of Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum, he envisions an iconic public building, a bold gesture that will transform the entire city. Enter celebrity architect Daniel Libeskind, a global brand behind some of the world's most prestigious landmarks, including Ground Zero in New York.
Budgets are blown, egos are trampled, and citizens are outraged. Does Thorsell’s gamble pay off? Is Libeskind flying by the seat of his well-tailored pants? Informed by the current debate on architecture’s role in society, The Museum is a fascinating portrait of visionary men and their daring quest to reinvent public architecture.
“I wasn’t interested in simply making a documentary about the construction of a very unconventional and expensive new building,” explains director Kenton Vaughan. “I really wanted to capture both the personalities and politics that make a complex public project like this so fascinating…it’s a story about the future of our cultural institutions,” he continues. “This is the story of a man and his ambition—for a museum, for a city, and, ultimately, for himself.”
The Museum screens at the Australian Museum on Monday 1 December at 6:30pm, followed by a Q&A with director Kenton Vaughan. Free drinks will be served from 6:00pm.
