OPEN SPACE Symposium:
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This event was dedicated to exploring radicalism in the moving image using the Open Space Technology (OST) format (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology). In contrast to the traditional mode of conference organisation, the OST format allowed participants to self-organise the event on the day: collectively forming the agenda, electing facilitator/s and deciding the nature and duration of each of the processes that comprise the symposium. A CMIR representative talked through the OST process at the start of the day and there was a loose schedule to fall back on, but the idea was to design the day together and encourage free-thinking within a safe, yet ‘live’, environment.
In addition to this free-form, ‘unconference’ approach, we enabled brief (under 10 minutes), presentations to stimulate and inform the discussions. This was part of a weekend of events exploring radicalism in the moving image during Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival. Saturday saw the Bristol leg of ‘Vienna-Bristol-Riga: a journey in radical filmmaking’: three sessions of short films curated respectively by Encounters and the Bristol Radical Film Festival, Vienna Independent Shorts, and 2Annas International Film Festival in Latvia; while Sunday hosted a variety of 8mm film workshops, screenings and live performances. All events on both days took place at the Cube Microplex. |