Projection Hero
Projection Hero is an interactive installation that allows you to play cinema projectionist, dimming the lights, opening the curtains and playing movies - featuring interviews with retired projectionists at the moment that exhibitors were converting fro 35mm to digital projection.
Made by
Charlotte Crofts
Charlotte Crofts is a creative producer and Professor of Cinema Arts at University of the West of England (UWE Bristol).Working with
Tarim
Tarim creates Media Playgrounds - installations which people can both play with and build new and different places to play in.Cathy Poole, Education Officer at the Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon
Jo Reid Calvium
The Projection Hero installation is a miniature cinema (about the size of a small rabbit hutch), with operational cinema screen, curtains and lights which can be manipulated by any mobile device that can access the web. Just scan the QR code on the screen from within the Curzon Memories App to gain control of the cinema. Alternatively you can use any QR Reader or simply type in the URL on the screen into your web browser. The installation situates you as the projectionist, inviting you to dim the lights, open the tabs and play the next reel. Hidden inside the box is a laptop which connects to an Internet server with an Arduino and h-bridge to control the curtains and lights.
Projection Hero is on permanent display at the Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon. However, we've made a smaller version called The Fleapit, inspired by Projection Hero, but small enough to fit in a suitcase.
If you are interested in me coming to do a talk about my work, or in hiring the The Fleapit for an event or festival then please email me at charlotte.crofts@uwe.ac.uk. I love talking about my research and am keen to reach as wide an audience as possible.
