38:. The cinema celebrated its centenary in April 2012 and is one of the oldest continuously operating independent cinemas in the UK. The app was developed as part of an academic practice-based research project by Charlotte Crofts in collaboration with the Curzon's education officer, Cathy Poole and was funded by the Digital Cultures Research Centre and an Early Career Researcher Grant from the
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by scanning the QR code on the cinema screen, either from within the Curzon
Memories App or using any QR Reader. The installation also works by typing in the accompanying URL into a web browser. This takes the user to an interface which enables the user to manipulate the cinema. The smartphone
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Apps Rush: "More location-based UK goodness with this app, based on the Curzon
Community Cinema in Clevedon. It gets people to scan QR codes around the building to hear stories from local people. There's a manual interface to access everything if you're not in Clevedon too",
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Collection of Cinema Heritage Technology and contains audio and video dramatisations and oral histories of employees and patrons recounting their experiences throughout the life of the cinema, including Julia Elton (daughter of
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Memories App was selected to pitch in front of industry judges at AppCircus London Google Campus and won the Media Communications and Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference, MeCCSA 2012 Poster prize. The project was featured on
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2012 Poster ââYou Must
Remember Thisâ: Using Mobile Technologies to Celebrate the History of the Cinema with the Curzon Memories Appâ, plus exhibit of the Projection Hero installation, MeCCSA 2012, Jan â won prize for best
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2011 âThe Curzon
Memories App â Shifting Practices, from Filmmaking to Experience Designâ MA Masterclass, University of Sussex Department of Media, Film and Music, October (invited, plus fee and expenses).
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2011 âSpatialising the
Archive: Dramatisation, Oral History and Locative Heritage in the Curzon Memories Appâ at IMTAL International Museum and Theatre Alliance Conference, Bristol, October (invited).
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2011 Presentation on âThe Curzon
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Memories Appâ, EVA London 2011 Electronic and Visual Arts Conference, July. Article published in the peer-reviewed conference proceedings.
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Armchair Mode', Environmental Utterance Conference, University of Falmouth, September (invited, plus fee and expenses).
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are discreetly placed around the cinema, which act as triggers for these memories. The App also contains a walk around the exterior of the building which includes memories and
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2011 âThe Curzon Memories App: Designing a Screen Heritage Experienceâ, at Centre for Media and Cultural Research, Birmingham City University, May (invited, plus expenses).
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signals as the participant takes the walk. For those who cannot get to the Curzon Cinema, there is a manual interface, and the QR codes are available at the official website.
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installation developed by Charlotte Crofts, in collaboration with Tarim at Media Playgrounds, which comprises a miniature cinema which can be operated via any web-enabled
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2012 âGeo-spatial and Geo-temporal documentary: The Curzon Memories App, City Strata and The Cinemap Layerâ, i-docs 2012, Watershed Media Centre, March (invited).
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2011 âTechnologies of Being: Pervasive Heritageâ at Postdigital Encounters: Creativity and Improvisation, JMP Symposium, UWE/Watershed, Bristol, June.
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to explore how new media can be used to enhance cinema heritage. It has been disseminated at a number of international academic conferences:
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feels like you are connected to it, because your phone is controlling it ⌠that feels pretty cool to meâ.
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