Each year CINECITY has placed an increasing emphasis on this rapidly growing area of contemporary art practice. With the support of Arts Council England and the University of Brighton, this year the programme has expanded further with two installations, a full screening programme and a series of talks. Once again The Brighton Fringe Basement is the main venue for our artists' programme.

Following the screenings this year, there will also be the chance for drink and discussion at The Fringe Bar, supporters of The Basement Screenings. The Fringe Bar, 10 Kensington Gardens, North Laine, Brighton BN1 4AL 01273 623683

"At some point soon the artists and scholars of the twentieth first century will discover that the film archives of the world are not simply repositories of the world's masterpieces of Cinematic Art, but also Aladdin caves of treasures unnamed and unnumbered." Tom Gunning

THE ARTIST AND THE ARCHIVE

The main focus of our screening programme is the theme of the Artist and the Archive. There is a long and fascinating history of artists discovering films in archive collections and re-purposing and re-fashioning this material into new work. This process enables artists not only to explore the past and the nature of film but also to create unexpected and provocative observations and associations. These screenings and the related talks with visiting artists will explore the complex relationship between film archives and artists. The programme is presented by Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton, which encourages the use of its collection by artists and film-makers.

It is supported by Arts Council England and the University of Brighton.

Jo Lanyon is the Director of 'Picture This' of Bristol, a moving image projects agency that commissions contemporary visual arts works and produces exhibitions, publications and touring initiatives. She presents the agency's work including its recent project - SEASON - by Ansuman Biswas, a four-screen installation that examined memory, identity, ghosts, rhythm and the roots of culture, partly refracted through an autobiographical lens. This now forms part of GHOSTING, a national touring exhibition of newly commissioned moving image works that explores themes of archive, memory and ethnography.

8pm £2.50

HANDSWORTH SONGS

A cinematically fascinating document of 1980s Britain, created by John Akomfrah and the London-based Black Audio Film Collective. Detailing the decline in race relations paralleling the economic situation of Thatcher's Britain, the documentary portrays the riots that took place in the Handsworth area of Birmingham in 1985, as well as events including the death and funeral of Cynthia Jarrett. Experimental in form, the film utilises a rich mix of archive material and interviews to create a stimulating song-like essay.

Four works will be screened at this event - ENERGY LITHUANIA (2000), THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME (2003), ONCE IN THE XX CENTURY (2004) and DISAPPEARANCE OF A TRIBE (2005) - followed by a Q & A with the artist.

Wed 29 Nov 6pm £2.50

ONE DAY IN PEOPLE'S POLAND
JEDEN DZIEN W PRL

Director: Maciej Drygas. Poland/ France/Germany 2005. 59mins.
Polish with English subtitles.

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THE OLDEST CINEMA IN THE WORLD

Director: Eileen Anipare, UK 2006. 15 mins.

Certified by the Guinness World Records as the oldest continuously running cinema in the world, the Pionier (English translation: Pioneer) is located in Szczecin, Poland and opened as The Helios Cinema in 1909. A tribute to this and all the other small arthouse cinemas of the world.