The Calile Hotel and the Institute of Modern Art (IMA) will present a special one-night-only showing of work and conversation by one of Australia’s pre-eminent moving image artists, Daniel Crooks, as part of their Calile Culture program on July 8.

The evening will present three seminal video work by Crooks, including his most recent commission for Australian award-winning architecture firm m3architecture. Curated exclusively as an immersive installation experience, it will be the first Calile Culture event to be hosted on the hotel’s open-air rooftop, granting a rare opportunity to access a part of the hotel that is typically only available to staying guests, upon request.

Considered a leading figure in the field of moving image, Crooks’ distinctive visual language spans video, photography and sculpture. His practice is grounded in an investigation of time as a physical, malleable material that can be stretched, compressed, fractured, and reconfigured. Through the distortion of familiar subjects, Crooks examines how movement unfolds across space and duration to reframe the everyday experience and challenge our perception of reality.

The video display, set against the backdrop of the Brisbane skyline, will be accompanied by a discussion led by one of Asia Pacific’s most respected curatorial voices, IMA Director and contemporary art curator and writer Robert Leonard. Leonard will guide a conversation between Daniel Crooks and m3architecture Director Michael Banney that traces the meeting point between art, architecture, design, and theory through themes of place and time.

Tickets are available for purchase here, with a welcome drink included.