gramps and buster keaton being silly.
Whoever can supersede the space-time continuum and exploit it for personal gain first gets to keep him.
And go.
Shana is a huge silent fan fanatic so to tie in with the return of Australia’s Silent Film Festivals June 30th screenings Shana is curating ARThive’s first silent film themed exhibition in June! We are inviting local artists to apply be a part of it! We welcome a diverse variety of art to our gallery so don’t be shy to email us at subjecthive@gmail.com with some images of your previous works and a bit about yourself. We will make sure we get in contact with you as soon as we can in regards to the show. It is a $5 entry fee and 15% commission fee if you sell your work during the show.
There is a huge range of silent films to get inspiration from besides the obvious Chaplin or Keaton. There is horror, surrealism, comedy, drama, action etc. You can find rad short films that are experimenting with special effects etc. Also think of things like sets, props, camera equipment used also.
To celebrate our ever growing Facebook page also the return of, Australia’s Silent Film Festival to Newcastle on June 30th.
What you need to do! Head over to the Newcastle Museums photo walls that were created by Trevor Dickinson either dressed as Charlie Chaplin or Edna Purviance. Post your most creative photos on the Newcastle Silent Film Fun Factory FACEBOOK wall. I will then put these in an album on the page for all to see.
This competition will run until the 10th of May.
All the photos will then be looked at by a pannel of judges and the top three will be announced via the facebook page!
This is open to all ages and you can enter as many photos as you like!
Facbook is not a part of the give away it’s a Silent Film Fun Factory give away to celebrate Australia’s Silent Film Festivals return!
3 prizes are!
First Prize:
The Seagull A Woman Of The Sea signed book donated by the Author Linda Wada.
A 6x4 and 8x10 official quality photographic image of Edna Purviance from the cover of the book both signed! 2 packs of 6 scented soy tealights donated by Doll Eyes,
Second Prize:
An 8x10 official quality photographic image of Edna Purviance from the cover of the book The Seagull A Woman Of The Sea donated by Linda Wada,
A matted, framed signed 6x4 Chapin inspired image The Vagabond from the 2011/2012 series The Cats Meow plus 2 packs of 6 scented soy tealights donated by Doll Eyes and a cute little magnetic frame donated by Newcastle Museum.
Third Prize:
An 8x10 official quality photographic image of Edna Purviance from the cover of the book The Seagull A Woman Of The Sea donated by Linda Wada, a pack of Fair Trade Coffee and Pure Ceylon Green Tea donated by Ronnie and Sharon, a cute little magnetic frame donated by Newcastle Museum and 2 packs of 6 scented soy tealights donated by Doll Eyes.
Hope to see some of you enter. PS: It’s not the photo quality but the creativeness of what is in the photo that will win 
(Source: newcastlesilentfilmfunfactory)
I’ve had a good morning - chatting to the people at the New Renew Project “Chop Shop” in the Market Square and to the guy who owns Pacific Dreams in Darby Street.
On the way back…I saw this pinned up at Greater Union. They’ve applied for a liquor licence. About Time. The upstairs and downstairs foyers are cavernous and only populated by a few ancient video games that don’t even have retro value. (OK. So the air hockey has retro value, but would probably give you Legionnaire’s disease). Serving alcohol and coffee would be a good use for the space.
The manager, Garth, has done much to move the cinema onto the art house theatre track. The Newcastle Film Society is always active - the Theatre is doing historical film screenings and there’s a film festival almost every week now.
And I hear that new seats are going in this year.
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