Announcing the 2024 Capitol Commission

Announcing the 2024 Capitol Commission

RMIT Culture is excited to announce the 2024 Capitol Commission – 'The Waiting Room', by Martine Corompt and Camilla Hannan. Created exclusively for The Capitol, the event will coincide with the 100th anniversary of the theatre this November.

 'The Waiting Room' is a collaborative project that redefines the traditions of the cinematic institution, while also provoking and confusing our sense of what it means to wait. It evokes an early 20th-century Picture Palace revue through a contemporary lens. Combining video, animation, live experimental music, surround sound and interactive theatre, 'The Waiting Room' considers and elaborates on the notion of waiting as an event in itself. Through a variety of gestures and motifs, the notion of how and why we wait in our lives becomes the substance of the artwork, where the audience experiences a carefully choreographed sequence of multiform cinematic moments, prompting and preparing them for something that seemingly never fully eventuates. 

'The Waiting Room'

The Capitol Innovation fund offers an annual opportunity to develop a creative initiative sited at The Capitol to elevate RMIT's reputation and support innovative art, design, research and learning.  

The 2024 Capitol Commission is made possible through the Capital Innovation Fund, which enables an applied, practice-based approach through creative initiatives at The Capitol. The Capitol is a beautiful space, which provides the opportunity to support RMIT's position as a leading university for culturally driven enterprise, design and innovation by showcasing and expanding new initiatives. The Capitol Innovation Fund, delivered by RMIT Culture, shapes the world for the better by supporting innovative art, design, research and learning.

Martine Corompt and Camilla Hannan
21 May 2024

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