How do you design a portable solar powered cinema?
The Happiness Pod will provide seating for about 40 people, but due to it’s dome shaped nature where few surfaces are genuinely flat, quite a lot of thought is being put into what sort of seating will be comfortable, and the position and angle of the screen and audio speakers will be very important. The cinema will have a floor to add comfort and warmth and we are looking at a mix of specially made bean bags and chairs to cater for all ages.
There will be a foyer structure for audiences to enter through, and this will provide space for people to gather and for information and interpretation installations. This will arrive in the next few weeks.
Left: Artistic Director Jami Bladel has the vision – Online Designer Matt Daniels and Teaching Artist Andy Vagg are on board.
Right: Touring Manager Craig Fehre, Designer Gerhard Mausz, Teaching Artist Andy Vagg and Sound Designer Matthew Fargher unload the flooring.
A reflection on Portraits of Invisible People
At the Salamanca Arts Centre this year 2156 people attended Portraits Of Invisible People in The Long Gallery.
‘For me this project is opening my consciousness up to recognising and acknowledging people with brain injuries and to feel more in tune with them and myself’ (Noni Howard)
‘Helping more people understand ABI and people with ABI – allowing them to recognise the human beyond the disability. Helping them appreciate that anyone of these people could be any one of us.’ (Elspeth Callender)
“The stories and spirit of people with A.B.I, promoting (positively) people who have acquired head injuries or disabilities ‘people just like us…!” (anon)
For more information visit the project page or contact us directly at community@kickstart.org.au
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