From 21 June until 31 July, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) presents Julian Rosefeldt: American Night, an installation by leading German artist, Julian Rosefeldt.

A five channel installation that embraces the conventions of the Western film genre, American Night (2009) deconstructs the myths surrounding the foundation of America and offers a scathing commentary on recent US foreign policy.

Using settings that are commonly associated with Westerns – a communal campfire, the local saloon, a log cabin where a woman waits alone, a deserted main street, and a lone rider travelling across a rugged landscape – American Night offers an alternative view of freedom, one where satire and the unexpected are never far away.