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Author Vélez-Serna, Maria, author.

Title Ephemeral cinema spaces : stories of reinvention, resistance and community / María A. Vélez-Serna.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
©2020

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Film culture in transition
Film culture in transition.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Unstable constellations : recognizing cinema out of place -- Relocations : mapping the non-theatrical field in Scotland -- A desire for the civic : community cinemas and volunteer work -- Film clubs and subcultural cinephile spaces -- On the ground : participatory screenings in everyday spaces -- Crafting the extraordinary : site-specificity and liveness -- Against enclosure : DIY exhibition as prefigurative action.
Summary With changing technologies and social habits, the communal cinema experience would seem to be a legacy from another era. However, the last decade has seen a surge in interest for screening films in other, temporary public settings. This desire to turn pubs, galleries, parks, and even boats, into temporary cinema spaces is moved not only by a love for movies, but also a search for ways of being and working together. This book documents current practices of pop-up and site-specific cinema exhibition in the UK (with a focus on Scotland), tracing their links with historical forms of non-theatrical exhibition such as public hall cinema and fairground bioscopes. Through archival research, observation and interviews, the project asks how exhibitors create ephemeral social spaces, and how the combination of film and venue reinvents cinema as device and as social practice.
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Subject Motion picture theaters -- Great Britain -- 21st century.
Motion picture theaters.
Great Britain.
Chronological Term 21st century
2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
ISBN 9789048537822 (electronic book)
9048537827 (electronic book)