52 The Lawns, Home of Hackney Silver Surfers.

A video art project for Gillett Square.

Agewell Computer Club members will have an opportunity to get involved with this wonderful project from Hackney Co-operative Developments. We will have an introductory session on Monday 8 June (starting soon after 2 pm), followed by a longer workshop on Monday 15 June.

Below is a brief project summary (obviously participants will not be expected to have any previous experience of filming, and your computer skills will not have to be any better than they are now!) …

What is Mezzo Moderno, Mezzo Distrutto?

The title for this project in Italian translates as ‘Half Modern, Half Destroyed’ and it comes from a conversation artist Larisa Blazic overheard when someone was trying to explain what Dalston looked like to a friend. Larisa is proposing to make a new artwork about Dalston’s architecture for Gillett Square in November and she wants to get local people involved in making it. The idea for the project is to ask you to film your ‘views’ of Dalston’s architecture as short films on your mobile phone or a camera. This could be views from one of the windows in your home, or from the old and new buildings you encounter while walking around this local area. Larisa Blazic will then use this material to make both a website and a big video projection ‘collage’ of images on Gillett Square in November.

This is a picture of another project Larisa did in Homerton:

Night shot of Morning Lane, deserted.

For the first session on 8th June we would like to come along and introduce the project to you and answer any questions you might have about what is involved. On 15th June for the second session, we would look more at how films are uploaded and used for the artwork.

Larisa is working with me, Emma Jones, from Hackney Co-operative Developments. I have organised the events that have happened on Gillett Square before. It would be fantastic if you are interested in taking part!

Our website: http://gillettsquare.org.uk .