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A Cinematic Home of the Everyday

M.L. R. Grove — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:32:43 +0000

The CineMuseSpace project has opened its installation ‘A Cinematic Home of the Everyday’ in partnership with the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) in Manchester. The installation forms part of an exhibition on ‘Future Cities’ and will run from 1 st August 2019 until 20 th October 2019 with free admission. A...

Invited speakers announced and registration now open for the Slices of Everyday Lives Conference

M.L. R. Grove — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 10:09:20 +0000

Slices of Everyday Lives 19th and 20th September 2019 Venue: Department of Architecture & Newnham College, University of Cambridge The registration for the Slices of Everyday Lives conference is now open. Please sign up here: https://onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-architecture/slices-of-...

CINEGENUS

M.L. R. Grove — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:08:13 +0000

Food preparation in Sairat (Nagraj Manjule, 2016) CINEGENUS is an interdisciplinary project that seeks to understand the daily domestic and social routines in which energy consumption is implicated through an analysis of Indian fiction films staged in low-income ‘chawl’ habitats. Film has been shown to be a formidable...

Slices of Everyday Lives, Conference at the University of Cambridge (19th and 20th September 2019)

M.L. R. Grove — Thu, 16 May 2019 10:21:28 +0000

A Cinematic Museum of the Everyday, Shanghai (30 March 2019 – 6 April 2019)

M.L. R. Grove — Tue, 14 May 2019 14:26:42 +0000

On 30 th March 2019 the CineMuseSpace research project launched its first exhibition in the NextMixing Gallery, Shanghai, which reflects on the idea of A Cinematic Museum of the Everyday . For the first time we explored what a Cinematic Musée Imaginaire of everyday activities might look like. What form would it take? What...

CineMuseSpace Workshop on ‘A Cinematic Museum of the Everyday’ at Nanjing University, 23 – 24 March 2019

M.L. R. Grove — Tue, 14 May 2019 11:40:46 +0000

During the weekend of 23 – 24 March 2019, the CineMuseSpace project hosted a workshop at the School of Architecture of Nanjing University on the topic of ‘A Cinematic Museum of the Everyday’. The workshop’s aim was to develop audio-visual strategies for opening up the project’s research findings to the public via an...

A Cinematic Museum of the Everyday, Shanghai, 30/03/2019

M.L. R. Grove — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:43:31 +0000

The CineMuseSpace research project is launching its first exhibition entitled “A Cinematic Museum of the Everyday” in the Nextmixing Gallery in Shanghai on Saturday 30th March 2019. The installation will create a constantly evolving glimpse into everyday lives around the globe with a specific focus on China, Japan, Europe...

CineMuseSpace Workshop at RCMG, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, 18th & 19th July 2018

M.L. R. Grove — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:00:02 +0000

How do you convert academic research into an engaging, participatory museum experience? This was one of the questions the CineMuseSpace team explored during a recent workshop at the School of Museum Studies of the University of Leicester. The special guests of the event were the representatives of the project’s two partner...

CineMuseSpace Visit to Tokyo, April 2018

M.L. R. Grove — Thu, 03 May 2018 11:11:25 +0000

It is cherry blossom season in Tokyo and the CineMuseSpace team visited the capital for one week in April to discover spatial-cultural differences in Japanese everyday life and meet new collaborators. Principal-investigator François Penz and research associate Janina Schupp explored various areas of the city, from modern...

Focus on the Everyday: Documenting daily activities at Nanjing University through the filmic medium

M.L. R. Grove — Thu, 03 May 2018 11:03:02 +0000

CineMuseSpace research associate Janina Schupp is on the ground at Nanjing University directing her camera lens at the diverse range of everyday activities taking place in the open spaces of the campus - from jogging, to playing with toy planes and practising Tai Chi. Nanjing University students Yu Gui and Lingzheng Zhu...