Pilot #1

Play or Pause Cinema

#playorpausecinema

    Is it possible to innovate the ways in which we screen and view film? For Play or Pause Cinema, architecture students at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology worked on devising a mobile, modular pavilion for screening film.

    The challenge of the pilot study was to combine functionality with exploratory design in the construction of a mobile pavilion. This structure would then be useful for Smart Kreativ Stad in the future pilot study Popup Cinema, which investigates innovative screening practices in cityscapes.

    Process

    February 2016 → June 2016

    In public

    See pilot #2 Popup Cinema

    Living on

    The pavilion was used in the pilot Popup Cinema. It is still available for hire at cost for event organizers in Stockholm.

    Residential
    Industrial
    Green
    Commercial
    Mobile
    Nonplace

    Location

    The pavilion was constructed at the KTH Studio 9 and used for popup cinema at various venues around Stockholm.

    Architecture students at KTH Studio 9 were given a diploma assignment to design a mobile pavilion for use in urban environments for popup screenings of film. The challenge was to combine  function with exploratory design. Through the filter of innovative materials and concepts, the students investigated how a mobile construction can influence the screening and viewing of film, while enriching an urban environment.

    Audience

    The pavilion was constructed to be used by event organizers in mobile film screenings.

    Creators

    • The KTH Royal Institute of Technology Studio 9
    • Consultants in audio and lighting technology

    Partners

    • The KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    The pavilion is a concrete means for making film screening mobile and lifting the cinematic experience out into urban space. It was used in the pilot study Popup Cinema and has since been in demand by organizers in the region.

     

    You can find more information, statistics and analysis in the full evaluation report.

    The pavilion is a concrete means for making film screening mobile and lifting the cinematic experience out into urban space. It was used in the pilot study Popup Cinema and has since been in demand by organizers in the region. You can find more information, statistics and analysis in the full evaluation report.

     

    Download the full report

    Learn more

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    Inspiration
    Press
    Other documents

    Partners

    The aim of the Smart Kreativ Stad project was to investigate the ways in which film and moving images might contribute to enlivening a cityscape. The project was managed by Film Capital Stockholm in 2015–2020 in collaboration with members and partners in a broad range of sectors in the Stockholm Region. The project was co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

    If you are interested in learning more about moving images in urban space, contact the Project Managers and Ongoing Evaluation Consultant at the following addresses:

    Geska Helena Brecevic
    Artistic Director and Project Manager 2015–2020
    geska@performingpictures.se

     

    Jennifer Norström
    Project Manager 2019–2020
    jennifer.norstrom@gmail.com

    Annika Wik
    Ph.D., Ongoing Evaluation Consultant 2016–2020
    annikawik.se@gmail.com

     

    Ulrika Bandeira
    Project Manager 2018–2019
    ulrika@bandeira.se