MARY STEVENS PARK
INVISIBLE CINEMA
SUNDAY 8TH OCTOBER
A SPECIAL, EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO ONLY POP-UP!
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Nothing to see here. Friendly Neighbourhood Cinema debuts in Stourbridge's Mary Stevens Park with a unique, entirely audio pop-up experience. A cinematic celebration of the sonic beamed through wireless multichannel headsets. Free entry with an optional donation until our ticketed final feature, Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds. Something a bit different, ayit.
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Cinema is 60% sound. Invisible Cinema is 100%.
Listen up! Wireless multi-channel headphones are your eyes and ears into the Invisible Cinema.
A special pop-up designed for the blind & visually impaired operating from the bandstand at Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge.
Created in consultation with the RNIB and Beacon Vision courtesy of your Friendly Neighbourhood Cinema.
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RNIB Connect Radio Interview
Wednesday 27th September 2023
Listen FNC founder, Daniel Kearns, talking about Invisible Cinemas on RNIB's Connect Radio . RNIB Connect Radio reaches 80,000 people each week making it the single most effective means of communicating with blind and partially sighted people in the UK.
CREDITS
FNC Founder & Project Designer
Daniel Kearns
Headphone & Tech Hire
Silent Noize Events
Sound Healing & Guided Meditation
Charley Freya Elson
The Covers
Stacey Smith
Health & Safety
Jane Grove
Martin
Photography
Brad Watkiss
Mary Stevens Park Team
Becky, Emily, Adrian & Dan
RNIB
Special thanks to Kimberly & Hubert from the RNIB who were incredibly supportive in consultation and promotion.
Beacon Centre Stourbridge
Thanks to manager Dawn and the service users who were nice enough to invite me to discuss and demo t
the Invisible Cinema at it's initial inception stage back in 2022! Without whom the project would have likely never taken off.
Headphone & Tech Hire
Silent Noize Events
Special Thanks
Adam Lamb
James Kearns
Cat Eccles, Labour Councillor for Wollaston & Stourbridge
Lee - Record Culture
Collaborators & Contributors
Sally Anne Poetry
Rick Sanders | Hope Central
Bill Laybourne | Radio Public
Funders & Supporters
Creative Black Country
H.P Porter & Sons - The John Porter Community Fund
Techys 2 U: Tilly & Trevor