6- 8 Morgan Arcade.

A site specific response to the building of a shopping centre. The Portable cinema screened documentary, experimental and artist films which sought to map the complex narratives current to the 21c city. (Scroll down for images)

In addition to the film programme artists Peter Cusack (sounds of London) and William Raban (London Film Cooperative) presented their work. Peter Cusack spoke about his project “Sounds from dangerous places” playing recordings he had made in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl.

William Raban presented his trilogy “Under The Tower”, a series of films made around Canary wharf exploring the changes in London’s East End as it was transformed into London’s major financial centre.

Films by: Peter Wyeth/ Semiconductor/ Nathaniel Kahn / Jem Cohen/ Bureau of Inverse Technology/ Charlotte Ginsborg/ Vision Machine/ John Smith/ Margret Tait/ Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin/ Stan Brakhage/ Guy Sherwin Rosalind Nashashibi/ Cordelia Swann/ Mayling To/ Jaques Tati/ Dziga Vertov.

If you attended the films and would like to write down your responses to the films please send via the contact button and I will put them online.

Depending On Time is situated in a changing landscape during the period of time it takes to construct a new shopping centre. The book takes this period of change as its subject and draws out the narratives, the expectations, the aspirations and the criticism that local people have in the run up to its completion. Through transcribed conversations with small businesses, shoppers, local historians, architects, town planners and developers the book maps the anatomy of the development and traces a the trajectory of consumer culture from the city’s Victorian and Edwardian arcades through to the monolithic mall. Crucially asking the question:

Who are cities for?

The book is based on transcriptions from ‘The Museum Of The Moment’, an audio

documentary and guided walk. It describes the state of the city of Cardiff at the moment of making the project, both within the context and the concept of its history. Its subject is specific to its locale, but also the generic idea of the global city on a trajectory of consumer culture. The transcripts from the audio walk are documented within the book alongside a response: using images, notes and excerpts from Dr. Andrew’ Cochrane’s research. Part psycho geographic inquiry, part document, part drift the book does not offer an analysis of city centre regeneration more a topography of perspectives allowing the reader to eavesdrop in on the conversations had around a building site.

Depending on time is an artist book designed and made by Jennie Savage, featuring original artwork it includes a CD of the ‘Museum Of The Moment’ audio documentary and a 20 minute film, “A Million Moments’.

Forward by Peter Finch, essays by Dr. Andrew Cochrane and Dr. Bas Spierings.

Jennie Savage is an artist whose practice explores the place between public spaces, town planning, constructed landscapes and the human story: the lived lives and personal narratives connected to those sites. Working through a process that uses archiving and intervention, she seeks to map the other life of a place or community in order to reveal a complex situation, a microstructure or simply an unheard voice.

www.jenniesavage.co.uk

The book is available to buy at £9.99 from various bookshops in Cardiff and www.artwordsbooks.co.uk London or order a copy direct from publishers by emailing nina.ellis@safle.com

Depending On Time is situated in a changing landscape during the period of time it takes to construct a new shopping centre. The book takes this period of change as its subject and draws out the narratives, the expectations, the aspirations and the criticism that local people have in the run up to its completion. Through transcribed conversations with small businesses, shoppers, local historians, architects, town planners and developers the book maps the anatomy of the development and traces a the trajectory of consumer culture from the city’s Victorian and Edwardian arcades through to the monolithic mall. Crucially asking the question:

Who are cities for?

The book is based on transcriptions from ‘The Museum Of The Moment’, an audio documentary and guided walk. It describes the state of the city of Cardiff at the moment of making the project, both within the context and the concept of its history. Its subject is specific to its locale, but also the generic idea of the global city on a trajectory of consumer culture. The transcripts from the audio walk are documented within the book alongside a response: using images, notes and excerpts from Dr. Andrew’ Cochrane’s research. Part psycho geographic inquiry, part document, part drift the book does not offer an analysis of city centre regeneration more a topography of perspectives allowing the reader to eavesdrop in on the conversations had around a building site.

Depending on time is an artist book designed and made by Jennie Savage, featuring original artwork it includes a CD of the ‘Museum Of The Moment’ audio documentary and a 20 minute film, “A Million Moments’.

Forward by Peter Finch, essays by Dr. Andrew Cochrane and Dr. Bas Spierings.

Jennie Savage is an artist whose practice explores the place between public spaces, town planning, constructed landscapes and the human story: the lived lives and personal narratives connected to those sites. Working through a process that uses archiving and intervention, she seeks to map the other life of a place or community in order to reveal a complex situation, a microstructure or simply an unheard voice.

www.jenniesavage.co.uk

Come along to the Launch on the 8th October at 6pm. (date and time to be confirmed soon)

It includes notes and transcriptions from the audio archive, historical research by Dr. Andrew Cochrane which, for the first time, documents the architectural and social history of the arcades, plus a CD ROM which contains “The Museum Of The Moment’ audio walk and ‘A Million Moments’ a 20 minute film made in Wyndham Arcade.

The book will be launched in Cardiff Central Library on the 8th October from 6pm. (date and time to be confirmed)

It is priced £9.99. To reserve a copy/ place an order email emma.price@safle.com

Mp3 players and a copy of the project archive will be permanently available at Cardiff Central Library. Go to the local history section on the top floor to find out how to access it.

To order a copy email: zoe.king@safle.org

The Museum of the Moment is a walking documentary which invites you to walk through Cardiff and tune into the secret life of the city. Navigate your way through the city’s Victorian and Edwardian arcades and the Hayes area under an audio cloud, listening to the reflections, histories, gossip and daydreams of this place.

There is still time to take the audio walk… open till May 3rd. Pick up your headphones from The Old Library, The Hayes, Cardiff City Center… scroll down from more details. The project is open 11- 530 daily Tuesday - Sunday (closed Mondays). It is FREE to take the walk but you will need to leave a deposit for either £20 or drop off a form of ID, to be returned when you drop the MP3 players back.

If you would like to hear the audio but can’t take the walk it will be published on CD later this year along with a book. To be put on mailing list / receive a copy drop me an email via this site.

The project will also be shown at a ‘Walking Workshop’ organised by the School of Social Sciences (11 June) and at the Conference for European Philosophy which is being held in Cardiff this summer. (August)

Photo Credit: Sam Perry ( samperryphoto@yahoo.co.uk )