MINIMA CINEMA
with the GIFF, Geneva International Film Festival, CH
Professional practice project

“Objects of curiosity, the rooms of Minima Cinema were deployed in the heart of cities throughout Switzerland to celebrate the origins of cinema and its nomadic nature, and the ethos of the the Festival Tous Ecrans, dedicated to reaching the greatest number of people possible, cinephiles or simply curious, not forgetting those who would be unable to visit it”.

Minima Cinema distilled the cinematic experience to its minimal expression. The design intentionally disassociated itself from the archetypal to stress the experiential. The spaces were sculpted by the student group offering them the possibility to physically experience and assess their own design decisions and leave their own mark. These modules were then fibre-glassed to weatherproof and reinforce them to withstand a month of festival activities across Switzerland.

Brief:
Cineglobe, GIFF and HEAD

Tutors and collaborators:
Roberto Feo - El ultimo Grito
Dominic Robson
Arno Mathies

Technical Support:
Romain Chappet
Alain Rey and his entire team

Assistant:
Monika Steiger

Student Team:
Pierre Barada, Carolina Chiariotti, Rita Reis Colaco, Marion Delavelle, Anne Dousset, Maeva Dubrez, Damien Duparc, Laura Fleury
Mahine Gisse, Salome Guillemin, Sergio Jaramillo, Lisa H Moura, Noémie Pasqual,
Elodie Wismer

Special thanks to:
Emmanuel Quenot
GIFF, Geneva International Film Festival

Materials:
Fibre glass, Polystyrene, Film projector
Sound system, Two way projection screen

Photpgraphy:
© HEAD — Genève / Dylan Perrenoud
© Festival Tous Ecrans
© Alex Simha
© Rebecca Bowring

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