Bristol Meth




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Come and see some of your Bristol Cube Meth friends play and screen at London Spitz . Hope to see you all there. Lets go on a trip 🙂 xx

some tickets are available here . . .

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From the Volunteers E-mail list . . .

Megan Russell:

Sorry to abuse the system, I can’t seem to post this on the blog, but
thought it may be of interest:

We are holding an Albanian Film season at Watershed in Bristol this coming
weekend (Fri 16 –Sat 17) and thought it may be of interest to you.

:Film Festival:

:Albanian Film Season: A New Wave in Cinema:
Fri 16 — Sat 17 March

A rare season of screenings which uncovers Albania’s burgeoning, yet little
known cinema, and offers a chance to meet some of its filmmakers and stars.
Fee for all screenings and events in this season: £6.00 full / £4.00
concessions (unless otherwise stated).

:Film: Festival:
Tirana Year Zero (Tirana Viti 0) 15
Fri 16 March 1800hrs
Dir: Fatmir Koçi Albania/France ’01 1hr 29mins Subtitled
A brutally honest exposé of the lure of a richer life abroad, which centres
on a young odd job man Niku and his girlfriend Klara. The Albania in which
they live is desperate, yet despite the ever-present corruption, chaos and
violence, Niku can see no reason to leave.

:Film: Festival:
Dear Enemy (I dashur armik) 15
Sat 17 March 1400hrs
Dir: Gjergj Xhuvani Albania/Fra/Ger ’04 1hr 30mins Subtitled
In 1943 Albania is under German occupation and Harun delicately conducts
business with the Nazis whilst hiding an Albanian partisan, a wounded
Italian soldier and a Jewish watchmaker in his home, pressing these enemies
into close quarters to great comic effect.
This screening will be introduced by director Gjergj Xhuvani.

:Film: Festival:
Panel Discussion: A New Wave in Cinema? 15
Sat 17 March 1600hrs
A discussion on Albanian cinema with special guests director Gjergj Xhuvani,
Slogan film star Luiza Xhuvani and Albanian journalist Roland Seijko.
Fee: £3.00 full / £2.00 concessions.

:Film: Festival:
Slogans (Parrullat) 15
Sat 17 March 2030hrs
Dir: Gjergj Xhuvani Albania/France ’01 1hr 30mins Subtitled
The first Albanian film to premiere at Cannes, Slogans is a scathing attack
on the ignorant and imbecilic nature of fanatical politics which looks back
on the excesses of an outdated Stalinist ideology. This screening will be
introduced by director Gjergj Xhuvani.

Ticket prices: Screenings starting before 1700hrs: All ticket’s £3.50.
Screenings from 1700hrs:£6.00 full / £4.00 Concessions (unless otherwise
stated) Concessions apply to full time students, claimants, over-60s and
Disabled people.

Also released on Friday 16th:

:The Family Friend 15:
Fri 16 — Thu 29 March
Dir: Paulo Sorrentino Italy ’06 1hr 50mins
Subtitled
Sorrentino, director of the superb The Consequences Of Love, returns with
his striking visual flair to tell an unwholesome but gripping story of money
and revenge. Centred on 70-year-old Geremia, a creepy and brutish
moneylender who believes his services entitle him to be treated as family,
the film charts his deepening obsession with the beauty-queen daughter of
two of his client-victims. From their bed of misery springs a trace of
warmth in Geremia’s icy-cold heart, and he unwittingly opens himself up to
the kind of exploitation he has thrust upon others his entire life. A highly
original, surreal and occasionally grotesque suspense drama.

Ticket prices: Screenings starting before 1700hrs: All ticket’s £3.50.
Screenings from 1700hrs:£6.00 full / £4.00 Concessions (unless otherwise
stated) Concessions apply to full time students, claimants, over-60s and
Disabled people.

For further information visit : http://www.watershed.co.uk

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Hey Ladies !

Comment posted on the Cube’s MySpace by Sian . . .

hi
as hopefully you are aware, me and gaptooth are hoping to reignite ladyfest bristol this summer and we need your help!
we have had lots of responses from bands etc, and so now we need to start organising ourselves.
please help us! we are hoping to get people together at kino on thursday 8 march around 7pm to brainstorm ideas for venues, workshops and all the ideas we need to make ladyfest happen. we really believe this could be a great event, but we can’t do it by ourselves!
if lots of people can’t make thursday then we can arrange another meeting, but please let us know either on my/gaptooth’s/ladyfestbristol page and see you then!

love sian xx

http://www.myspace.com/ladyfestbristol

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Yes, ’tis Strange

As circulated by Ed Siebert, The Cube and Bristol got a mention in Bizarre magazine.

see scan . . .

how bizarre

If you’re straining to read that, the bit about The Cube follows . . .

THE CUBE

The Cube is Bristol’s very own Microplex, an underground one-screen fleapit cinema, mixing internationally renowned live music,film,webcasts, DJs, performance art and some of the weirdest shit you are likely to find. Run by a ragtag team of bo-ho artist type volunteers pandering free-trade coffee and organic beer, its free-spirited chaos is its charm, even if the 1960’s projector might break down every other screening. Current regular nights include Movieoke (where you pick a film, have a rummage in the dressing-up box and step up to the stage to become a star) and To Hell With Hollywood (fucked-up mondo movies to give you night terrors).

Cubecinema.com

Word is . . .

> That article is written by early years Cube
> projectionist and memorable office ‘presence’ Mark
> Berry aka Alan Smithee.

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New Years Memories

fireworks over the cube

Hi gang, apologies for not blessing you with more irrelevent and exuberant chatter from The Cube but one is sooooo busy these days what with the Paradise estate and all…
Anyhow New Year was great, of course I forgot my camera so a couple of Volunteers sent me their pics and we even got some footage of the genius Colin Smith.

Anyhow great djing, great music from Anthony Maoif, great live soundtrack by Cube Orchestra to Liam’s Burleque extravangza A Grindhouse Romance and then a fine peformance by the remaining Orchestra members (me, Liam, Bel and Marcus) who played in New years with Auld Lang Syne. Mr. Hopkinson (just back from space) joined us on stage
hopkinson

And not forgetting, of course, a great audience who also joined us on stage to sing and dance for about 20 minutes as we funked things up. I had to beg the audience to let us stop. Honestly.
Friends, We salute you.

Ciao for now gang Richie Paradise

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bluescreen myspace is here!

er.. in fact its here : http://www.myspace.com/cubebluescreen.

with a tip top review of februarys event and more to come over the forthcoming months..

check it out…

cheers!

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As Seen by Sian

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2007/02/master-chaynjis-and-kid-carpet-at-cube.html

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Ribbon project review.

“Red and yellow and pink and blue, purple and orange and green. I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow too.”

For one week in September 2006 Hannah Godfrey, writer, artist and Skateboarder ran The Ribbon Project.
On each day of the week Godfrey handed out and posted to participants in Bristol and beyond sets of ribbon.
Each day was a different colour . The aim being that participants would tie ribbons in their locality. A celebration of unmarked things which when intervened by tying ribbon to them encouraged enjendered alternative narratives in these interventions in the public space by passers by.
Coloured ribbons has various different associations. Girls hair is tied in them, Easter Simnel cake, cutting the ribbon, launching a boat, wrapped around presents, The Maypole. All of these celebratory in some way. But also serious issues, red ribbon for world aids day, pink for breast cancer, white for peace.
This project feels somewhere in between these two ideas. Prehaps the personal really is political here ?
Why Godfrey chose the different colours for each day we don’t know.
But this is not an HSBC advert or the united colours of Benetton campaign. It has more to do with DIY sensibilities, mail art, fluxus. pschyco Geography and the playfulness of the film Amelie.
Godfrey became a curator or ribbon tyers anoynomous. Carriers taking the ribbon to intervene with the location of their choice that means and meant a different thing to each and every one tier in place, location and country. Signifiers mapping peoples responses. Ribbons infiltrating the city through ideas.

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re:turn

some back dated vlogging should arrive soon . . . meantime check Bass Clef’s blog for a wonderful mpfree mix and some dangerous Bristol based nostalgia . . .

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New Year is Here

Hurray! It’s not 2006 (worst year ever) and now 2007 (best year yet, touch wood).

The Dave Fish Theatre company enjoyed performing, despite the nerves. Dave couldn’t be there, which was a shame, so please send us your photos! Contact davefishtheatre@hotmail.co.uk or go to www.myspace.com/davefishtheatrecompany

Here are my offerings from my phone camera, just to get you started as I’m sure there were better pictures and stories…

Hannah and Sheereene Polly and Kaspar Happy Sarah
Happy Hannah Who's that? Liam gets glamorous

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