City as a Gallery
Date: 23/02/2016 12:31
You can swing by the City as a Gallery Black Taxi on Castle
Street between 12pm - 2pm on the first four Thursdays in March. Not only can
you watch some of our stunning footage of Belfast (recently digitised as part
of the BFI’s Unlocking
Film Heritage project), you can also venture into the world of video art from
artists like Phil
Hession and Laura
Cushnahan. The films are short and designed to offer a quick break from the madness of the everyday rush. Look out for the sign saying 'City as a Gallery' and hop aboard.
The Nomadic Screenings are co-ordinated by Jane Butler. You can visit their
Black Taxi 12-2pm on the 3rd, 10th, 17th
and 24th March.
Then look out for the Digital Film Archive’s West Belfast
show reel at An Cultúrlann from the 4th-10th April.
These screenings are all part of ‘City as a Gallery’ a Belfast City Council
project, which is being programmed and delivered by PLACE. They began in
February when we worked with BHSCT Arts in Health and Catering Operations to
screen films including this 1938
footage of the Royal Victoria Hospital in the Coffee Doc, Level 2 Outpatients, Royal
Victoria Hospital.
To keep updated on the all the latest programme info and find out where the Digital Film Archive will be screened during February and March, please visit PLACE's website; placeni.org, find
PLACE on Facebook and Twitter, or contact PLACE directly on info@placeni.org | 028 90 232524.
The films used are courtesy of
the BFI and National Museums Northern
Ireland
and have been digitised as part of the British Film Institute’s ambitious Britain on Film project.