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27 Jan 2023
Lab4Living Cinema Club is a staff / student cultural networking group consisting of screening short films from all over the world on topics related to the research inquiries of the 100 year-life and the Future Home. The purpose of these events is to discover, reflect and debate together representations of health, ageing, human psychology and death through audio-visual media.
Researcher and artist Noémie Soula is curating and co-curating a series of screening sessions, each with a different theme. Screenings are informal events in the White Building, aimed at members of SHU staff and post-graduate students. Screenings are followed by a discussion.
Please contact Noémie Soula if you would like to join us at the next session, or if you are interested in co-curating a session. For those unable to attend, we provide details of the themes, films, and discussion points for you to explore yourself in your own time via streaming services (MUBI, BFI etc.).
Related >> Lab4Living Cinema Club 2022
January – Health and Body Politic
In the first meeting of the year, on 18 Jan 2023, the screened films explored how social perceptions of physical and mental health affect our personal subjectivity, sense of identity and how we navigate social norms.
SQUISH! Dir. Tulapop Saenjaroen, Thailand, Singapore, 2021
Available on MUBI
- WOMEN REPLY: OUR BODIES, OUR SEX (RÉPONSE DE FEMMES: NOTRE CORPS, NOTRE SEXE), Dir. Agnès Varda, France, 1975
Available on MUBI
- GIVE ME A REASON TO LIVE (PROMO VIDEO), CLAIRE CUNNINGHAM recorded at Festival Cement, Den Bosch, Holland, March 2014. Performed in black box theatre.
Available on VIMEO from the artist page
- EDINBURGH SHOWCASE 2015: ‘GIVE ME A REASON TO LIVE’ BY CLAIRE CUNNINGHAM
(Youtube, British Council Art, 2015)
- INDIA HOPE: A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG WOMAN, Dir. Hermione Russell, UK, 2017
Available on BFI - OUTCASTS, Dir. Ian Clark, UK, 2008
Available on BFI
March
Theme to be confirmed.
May – Dying Matters
In conjunction with Dying Matters Awareness Week 2023, this third session, curated by Michael Tan, presents a selection of short documentaries that takes us on a journey to explore attitude and approaches from various culture towards death and dying.
“Beautiful Gifts – Demystifying dying and Imagining end of life care”
Each May, Dying Matters Awareness Week encourages communities across the UK to come together to talk about death, dying and grief in the workplace. Understanding about dying can be a beautiful gift to ourselves and those we love.
July
Theme to be confirmed.