Cover
Table of Contents
List of figures
Introduction
The structure of the book
1. Unstable constellations: Recognizing cinema out of place
1.1. Configurations
1.2. Protocols
1.3. Conclusion
2. Relocations: Mapping the
non-theatrical field in Scotland
2.1. The fieldwork sample
Figure 1: Locations of screenings attended in Scotland
2.2. Non-theatrical
2.3. Ephemeral
2.4. Pop-up
2.5. Improvised and insterstitial
2.6. Early ephemeral cinemas
2.7. Conclusion
3. A desire for the civic: Community cinemas and volunteer work
3.1. Social value
3.2. Public hall cinema
3.3. Community cinema
Figure 2: Age of films screened at Scottish community cinemas, 2016-2017 season
3.4. Case studies
Figure 3: Dalry Town Hall Cinema. Linocut print by Marta Adamowicz, 2019
3.5. Conclusion
4. Film clubs and subcultural cinephile spaces
4.1. Film cultures
4.2. Alternative exhibition in Glasgow
4.3. Glasgow film clubs
4.4. Producing spaces of cinephilia
Figure 4: The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow. Linocut print by Marta Adamowicz, 2019
4.5. Negotiating abundance and obsolescence
4.6. Conclusion
5. On the ground: Participatory screenings in everyday spaces
5.1. Archive film and local audiences
Figure 5: Radical Film Archive at the Laurieston Arches, Glasgow. Linocut print byMarta Adamowicz,2019
5.2. Spaces for action
5.3. Pop-up cinema as a site for public discussion
5.4. Conclusion
6. Crafting the extraordinary:
site-specificity and liveness
6.1. An unrepeatable experience
6.2. Enhanced cinema: the pleasures of space
6.3. Site-specific programming
6.4. Expanded and expansionist cinema
6.5. Liveness
Figure 6: Pollywood at Pollokshields Playhouse, Glasgow. Linocut print by Marta Adamowicz, 2019
6.6. Conclusion
7. Against enclosure: DIY exhibition as prefigurative action
7.1. Tactical urbanism
7.2. Publicness and commoning
7.3. DIY and disalienated work
Figure 7: Cinemor77 yurt cinema. Linocut print by Marta Adamowicz, 2019
7.4. Home Cinema
Figure 8: The Peccadillo houseboat, a Radical Home Cinema venue. Linocut print by MartaAdamowicz, 2019
7.5. Networks
7.6. Conclusion
Coda
Acknowledgements
About the author
Bibliography
Index