More often than not, architecture is seen as a backdrop for action rather than a participant in it. "Independent Exposure - Up in Smoke" was programmed from an open call. The program asked for original short moving image works of 15 minutes or less that explore architecture as a central character through its powerful affect on its surroundings. By looking at all means of reinforcing, subverting, documenting, building and destroying architecture of any form, scale, and social level, this series hopes to expose architecture in a state of change. All genres of work were considered.
This screening will be free, open to the public, and act as the finale to the Up In Smoke Spring ’04 Film Series screened on the campus of Rice University. This show is curated by B. Wesley Heiss, Visiting Lecturer at Rice University School of Architecture and Patrick Kwiatkowski, Founder of Microcinema International.
Central Cinema is a movie-dinner-theater. The lobby is also set up as a restaurant. The waiters deliver food and beverages to your table in the theater. It is a full evening out all in one place. The Central Cinema is inspired by the Parkway Theater in Oakland CA, the Alamo Theater in Austin, and the Olympic Theater in Centralia.
Central Cinema is fostering in-house specialty series such as I Walk the Line: The Man Alone, Pie & Politics, Victrola Classic Movie Night, and GLAMN! We are also working on partnering with other groups such as Rakumi Arts, Arab Films, and Tasveer Films to develop far reaching and exciting programming. The latest new program in the works is a Manga/Anime series. If there is something you really want to see that you feel is under-represented in Seattle you should let us know!
