Concrete Cinema / cinema concrète

Pigott, Michael

Dossiers, no. 1, vol. 10April 17, 2025<April 17, 2025

Concrete Cinema / cinema concrète

Michael Pigott

What happens when a Brutalist building becomes a screen? Drawing on the Concrete Cinema project in Coventry, Michael Pigott explores the affordances and potentials of outdoor moving image projection for the analysis and critique of architecture.

Dossiers, no. 1, vol. 10April 16, 2025<April 16, 2025

Phoenix City 2021: Art, Regeneration, and Counter-Atmospheres in the UK City of Culture

Mel Jordan and Duncan Whitley

Phoenix City 2021 explores the role of art in Coventry’s regeneration. Duncan Whitley and Mel Jordan discuss the various iterations of the film and the potential for site-based artworks to challenge placemaking narratives and the politics of the UK City of Culture.

Dossiers, no. 2, vol. 7June 27, 2022<June 27, 2022

“A change from murder and mayhem”: UK City of Culture on Television

Kat Pearson

Kat Pearson considers the role of television in Coventry's year as UK City of Culture, from BBC programming to local events that enabled residents to engage with the city's history through the TV archives.