[Frameworks] The Projection Project at Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham

[Michael Pigott]

For those of you in the UK this week, there are a number of events at 
Flatpack Film Festival in Birmingham that come out of my research 
project at the University of Warwick (led by Charlotte Brunsdon) /The 
Projection Project/, which looks at the history of cinema projection, 
the job of the projectionist, and the use of projection in spaces 
outside of the cinema (such as the gallery, and the street). Flatpack is 
a brilliant film festival in any case, with lots of live audio-visual 
performance and a definite leaning toward exploring analogue moving 
image work as much as digital. Here's some more information and links:

**University of Warwick's *Projection Project* 
<https://projectionproject.warwick.ac.uk/> will contribute a number of 
events at the upcoming Flatpack Film Festival in *Birmingham from 20-24 
April at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery’s Gas Hall***

*Richard Nicholson: The Projectionists* // *bit.ly/rnproj* 
<http://flatpackfestival.org.uk/event/richard-nicholson-the-projectionists/>
Photographer Richard Nicholson has been travelling the country, gaining 
privileged access to a realm where most cinema-goers never venture; the 
projection box. * From 20-24 April* (see link above for venue details 
and opening times).

*Secrets of the projection box* // *bit.ly/projbx* 
<http://flatpackfestival.org.uk/event/secrets-of-the-projection-box/>
Hair in the gate. Cigarette burns. The Maltese Cross. Projectionists 
inhabit a parallel universe with its own lexicon and rituals.  The 
Projection Project is a research project exploring different aspects of 
this world, and we will share some of what we’ve discovered. *Sunday 24 
April, 3.45pm*(see link above for venue details).

There will also be a Virtual Projection Box to explore, and members of 
the research team will be there to talk about the project (both in the 
Gas Hall along with the Richard Nicholson exhibition).

*WarPUnit* // bit.ly/1SLUVmU <http://bit.ly/1SLUVmU>
The Warwick Projection Unit will see intrepid Warwick students taking to 
the streets of Birmingham to do some guerrilla outdoor projection on 
Saturday 23 April, from 8.30pm.

Flatpack is a “magnificently eclectic”, “joyously inventive” festival 
taking place in Birmingham with a mixture of films, performances, 
contraptions and surprises. *http://flatpackfestival.org.uk/***

The above events are free, suitable for all ages and we very much hope 
you can join us.

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