Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Sydney Design Week

Across Sydney12—24 Sep

2023

Cityscape at night with tall building in forefront

Program

Koyaanisqatsi

Name: Koyaanisqatsi
Start: 2023-09-16T07:30:00.000Z
End: 2023-09-16T09:00:00.000Z
Location: Golden Age Cinema

Screening

Ended 16 Sept 2023

Golden Age Cinema

Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi was a sensation when it was released in 1983. The first work of The Qatsi Trilogy, this cult film wordlessly surveys the rapidly changing built environment in an astonishing audio-visual collage created by director/cinematographer Ron Fricke and composer Philip Glass. It shuttles viewers from one jaw-dropping vision to the next, contrasting beautiful images of untouched nature with scenes depicting humanity’s increasing dependence on technology. Koyaanisqatsi’s unorthodox cinematic style (including hypnotic time-lapse photography) shows us our changing world from an array of awe-inspiring and confronting angles.

‘Everything now exists in technology to the point where technology is the new and comprehensive host of the nature of life.’

Godfrey Reggio

Artist

Godfrey Reggio is a pioneer of experimental and poetic cinema renowned for The Qatsi Trilogy, including Koyaanisqatsi, a collection of audio-visual essays that chronicle the destructive impact of the modern world on the natural environment. Reggio, who spent 14 years in silence and prayer while studying to be a monk, has a history of service to the environment and communities including youth street gangs and underprivileged people. He is in the initial stages of production on a new film, working with a narrative structure for the first time. The film will explore the negative impact of consumerism and fundamentalism on the world. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is a frequent lecturer on philosophy, technology and film.

Koyaanisqatsi has won multiple accolades including the Audience Awards at the São Paulo International Film Festival (1984) and the Warsaw International Film Festival (1988), and a Cinema Eye Legacy Award in the US (2020). Reggio’s incredible career was recognised in 2022 with a Lifetime Achievement Award at Santa Fe International Film Festival.