ACMI's first major exhibition since reopening is a crowd-pleasing blend of history, art and technology, says CEO Katrina Sedgwick about 'Disney: The Magic of Animation'.
The ACMI exhibition has a space dedicated to the recent Raya and the Last Dragon. Photo: Phoebe Powell.
Unless you’ve been brought up by wolves, or raised in a basement like Bad Boy Bubby, you’re guaranteed to have some kind of emotional relationship with a Disney character. Depending on your age, this could be Mickey Mouse, The Little Mermaid, or Elsa from Frozen. Perhaps, like me, you had a crush on Snow White’s wicked stepmother.
This emotional pull is one of the reasons why Katrina Sedgwick, Director and CEO of ACMI, is almost certain she’s got a hit on her hands with the Melbourne Winter Masterpiece exhibition Disney: The Magic of Animation.
Rochelle Siemienowicz is the ArtsHub Group's Education and Career Editor. She is a journalist for Screenhub and is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema. She was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates' and has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, will be published by Midnight Sun in 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk
