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12-03-08, 12:38 AM
Cinema Tuk-Tuk to screen in Vientiane
As part of the 2nd Biennale de la Photographie de Luang Prabang, the French Language Centre in Vientiane has invited the Cinéma Itinérant Autour du Mekong (CIAM), or Mekong Travelling Cinema, to screen films, documentaries and short footage at the centre tonight at 7pm.
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[Photo: Vientiane Times - Mr Yves Bernard ( left ) stands beside the cinema screen in Luang Prabang.]
This follows on from a highly successful initial experience at the 6 th Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine de Bamako in Mali , working with the organisation Cinéma Numérique Ambulant on ‘Contours'.
“This builds on the success we've had showing screenings around villages in Luang Prabang province, for which we brought in two professional photographers who have a great passion for their work and an aptitude for training young people from different backgrounds, cultures and religious traditions,” said CIAM member Mr Yves Bernard.
“Tonight's event will be in two parts. The first part consists of photographic reportage and slide shows from the Biennale de la Photographie de Luang Prabang, with works by 12 young amateur photographers drawn from local colleges and secondary schools.”
“These students have been studying photography at the Young Lao Photographers' Gallery in Luang Prabang. They took pictures of people going about their daily village life,” said Mr Bernard.
The photographs were collated by a professional photographer who guided the students in their research and choice of subjects and made a selection of their best images.
Part two of the programme entails the projection of digital videos on a big screen, presented by a CIAM team member who lives in the village where the footage was taken.
The aims of CIAM are to increase access to culture and information through broadcasting images and sound in places where they are normally not available.
CIAM endeavours to promote creativity and audiovisual expression through exchanges of culture, education and the environment between the Mekong region and the European Union.
“In seeking to increase the level of participation in the Biennale and to permit young Lao photographers to play a role in this event, the project accords with the objectives of Cinema Tuk-Tuk, which are to give the Biennale a popular anchorage and to complement the main exhibitions,” Mr Bernard said.
CIAM is offering three major types of activities. These include the staging of artistic and creative community events, public projections of slides and films, and a thematic exhibition linked to The Young Lao Photographer's Gallery, which hopes to show the public the creative space where the young students are being trained.
By PHOONSAB THEVONGSA
(Latest Update March 12, 2008)
http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/FreeContent_cinema.htm
As part of the 2nd Biennale de la Photographie de Luang Prabang, the French Language Centre in Vientiane has invited the Cinéma Itinérant Autour du Mekong (CIAM), or Mekong Travelling Cinema, to screen films, documentaries and short footage at the centre tonight at 7pm.
http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/Freecontentphoto_062/Freecontentphoto_page1.jpg
[Photo: Vientiane Times - Mr Yves Bernard ( left ) stands beside the cinema screen in Luang Prabang.]
This follows on from a highly successful initial experience at the 6 th Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine de Bamako in Mali , working with the organisation Cinéma Numérique Ambulant on ‘Contours'.
“This builds on the success we've had showing screenings around villages in Luang Prabang province, for which we brought in two professional photographers who have a great passion for their work and an aptitude for training young people from different backgrounds, cultures and religious traditions,” said CIAM member Mr Yves Bernard.
“Tonight's event will be in two parts. The first part consists of photographic reportage and slide shows from the Biennale de la Photographie de Luang Prabang, with works by 12 young amateur photographers drawn from local colleges and secondary schools.”
“These students have been studying photography at the Young Lao Photographers' Gallery in Luang Prabang. They took pictures of people going about their daily village life,” said Mr Bernard.
The photographs were collated by a professional photographer who guided the students in their research and choice of subjects and made a selection of their best images.
Part two of the programme entails the projection of digital videos on a big screen, presented by a CIAM team member who lives in the village where the footage was taken.
The aims of CIAM are to increase access to culture and information through broadcasting images and sound in places where they are normally not available.
CIAM endeavours to promote creativity and audiovisual expression through exchanges of culture, education and the environment between the Mekong region and the European Union.
“In seeking to increase the level of participation in the Biennale and to permit young Lao photographers to play a role in this event, the project accords with the objectives of Cinema Tuk-Tuk, which are to give the Biennale a popular anchorage and to complement the main exhibitions,” Mr Bernard said.
CIAM is offering three major types of activities. These include the staging of artistic and creative community events, public projections of slides and films, and a thematic exhibition linked to The Young Lao Photographer's Gallery, which hopes to show the public the creative space where the young students are being trained.
By PHOONSAB THEVONGSA
(Latest Update March 12, 2008)
http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/FreeContent_cinema.htm