OBSERVER: Australian Music Vault


The Australian Music Vault has announced a new display, Kylie Minogue: The Music Videos featuring six iconic costumes including the white jumpsuit worn in the video clip for Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ and, a Jean-Paul Gaultier outfit worn in the video for fan anthem All The Lovers . The Gaultier costume will be on display to the public for the first time in honour of the 15th anniversary of the hit.
The new display features costumes from Kylie’s video clips including Hand on Your Heart, Did It Again, On A Night Like This, Can’t Get You Out of My Head, I Believe In You and All the Lovers.
Australian Music Vault curator Olivia Jackson said: “The format of music videos – with special effects, lighting and editing – allowed Minogue to experiment with more adventurous costumes, themes and narratives that would be otherwise difficult to convey in live performance.”
Jackson said her videos have helped define her status as a global pop star with her back catalogue of videos revealing a journey through the world of pop culture, an evolution of aesthetics, personas and creativity.
“The display explores select moments from Kylie’s artistic evolution over the years. It is comprised of six costumes spanning three decades of Kylie’s career, beginning with Hand On Your Heart (1989) and ending with All The Lovers (2010).
“Kylie’s music videos have left an indelible mark on her legions of fans over the years, and this display provides an opportunity to have a close interaction with iconic costumes from these videos.”
The Australian Performing Arts Collection is the proud custodian of the Kylie Minogue Collection. Starting from a single costume donation in 1991, today it includes more than 300 costumes and accessories, alongside other material related to her concert tours.
The Australian Music Vault is a free exhibition developed by Arts Centre Melbourne in collaboration with the music industry and was a key initiative of the Victorian Government’s Music Works strategy.

Cheryl Threadgold