MELBOURNE.- To celebrate its special summer program, China Up Close, the Australian Centre for the Moving image invites audiences to take part in Between the Screens, a global online exhibition that explores China’s exploding moving image art, film and culture.

Today, more than half the world’s population live in cities or towns. China’s urban population alone is expected to increase by 300 million people by 2050. Urbanisation is shifting from the West to the East and is fuelled by China’s unprecedented economic buoyancy and appetite for growth.

Between the Screens includes an interactive photographic project that provides deep insight into this world through the lens of China’s pre-eminent moving image artist, Yang Fudong. His works are currently being exhibited at ACMI in Yang Fudong: Filmscapes and forms the nucleus of the China Up Close program.

Through ACMI’s exciting digital project, audiences have the unique opportunity to reflect on, and engage with the ideas of place, journey, change and identity. These are key themes underpinning China Up Close and Yang Fudong’s works, which mine the psychology of a new generation as it struggles to find its place in the modern world.

By submitting photo responses to ACMI’s dedicated online portal, audiences will help build a collective body of thought and personal experiences that span countries, cultures and continents. The participatory photo section of the site is available in both Mandarin and English.

Commenting on the project, ACMI’s Digital Programs Manager, Kim Montgomery, said: “Between the Screens offers a global portal for audiences to engage more closely and creatively with the themes explored in the China Up Close program.”

“The site also features fascinating behind-the-scenes footage and interviews to inspire creative thought and encourage participation,” added Montgomery.

Photos will be shared with audiences online, some of which will also be screened onsite in ACMI’s prominent Lightwell area for the duration of the China Up Close season.