Prep Reading for Laura Ager talk
Updated: Nov 9, 2020
Sunday 24th October
video:
-built a small cinema in Liverpool
-a contemporary cinema space built for the community
-its more human and gives you the opportunity to meet people and discuss topics of interest
-'creating cinemas not supermarkets' -a community not for consumerism
-changing spaces
-created the cinema via appealing for donations and by collecting materials from building sites and art galleries
-there was more value in the cinema as everyone came together to help build it and make it come to life
-they put memories of their favourite memories of going to the cinema on the entrance wall of the cinema
I really enjoyed this video as I have never thought deeply about the cinema or seen it as a community space, however it is touching and special to reflect on all my personal experiences of the cinema and how these practitioners have clung onto these moments. I also really like the idea of expanding the cinema and making it a space for discussions and a place for the community to just enjoy.
Scarlarama - Maria A. Valez-Serna -2016
- this is a yearly event that occurs throughout all of September
-there were 200 events in 21 different cities
-for cinephiliacs
-its aim is to 'fill the land with cinemas'
-Centre For Contemporary Art (CCA) in Glasgow was an event space and so was Hyde Park Picture House
-they were independent cinemas run for the community
-new and established cinemas took place in this event
-an old hairdressers enhanced its grunge atmosphere with projections on the wall and a live band
- less conventional cinemas - lights on allows interaction and discussions to happen
-brunches during screentimes
-simple acts of community building and celebrating the joys of hospitality
ICO - independent cinema office -Duncan Carson -August 24th 2017
- he launched his first film in Scalarama -played Hausa and Hxan in a victorian asylum
-he says you have to put energy into finding and connecting with people
-be nieshe and unique
BFI - young DIY British film programmers
-15-24 year olds make up the biggest proportion of cinema goers being 29%
