After Epilogue

After Epilogue, by Hong Kong–born, Melbourne-based artist Judy Kong, explores the emotional and embodied experience of cinema. This atmospheric installation reflects on the moments after a film ends – a threshold between dream and reality, memory and feeling. Cinema has always held a space of in-between: a moment where we step into darkness, fall into silence, and suspend our everyday selves. In this pause, we enter a ritual that opens a mental freedom, a space for imagining, drifting, and travelling elsewhere.

Judy reimagines cinema as an underground space of belonging, a place where cultural traces and personal imagination gather, forming a ritual that carries people anywhere, even in moments of displacement. Combining video, sound, and sculpture, the works create a liminal space that invites us to experience how cinema resonates and stirs emotions long after the final frame. The installation deconstructs cinema into sentimental fragments, placing the viewer in a shifting space between immersion and detachment.

This exhibition is curated by Bobbi Gan and Nicole Zhang.  

Accessibility information

This exhibition includes video and sound content that creates varied sensory experiences. Visitors with sensory processing sensitivities may wish to take extra care when planning their visit.

The installation also includes floor-based works and low lighting. Visitors are encouraged to take care when navigating the space.

For information about the accessibility of the Counihan Gallery venue, visit our Access and Inclusion page.

Contact

Counihan Gallery
Phone: 03 9389 8622
Email: CounihanGallery@merri-bek.vic.gov.au

Further information

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This exhibition is in the Rear Gallery.