When:
November 20, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
2014-11-20T18:00:00+00:00
2014-11-20T20:00:00+00:00
Where:
UCL Institute of Archaeology, Room G6
University of London
University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, Kings Cross, London WC1H 0PY
UK
University of London
University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, Kings Cross, London WC1H 0PY
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Filming Antiquity Project
The archaeological excavation team at Tell el-Amarna, Egypt shot over three hours of film footage from 1930-1933. These images of Egypt help us think about amateur film as social practice and cultural artefact. They include leisure activities, street scenes of Cairo, and a crucial moment in the excavation season rarely captured in motion: the division of antiquities.
See more footage from the Egypt Exploration Society’s Lucy Gura Archive that has never been seen before in public… at least, not since the 1930s.
This event will launch a new collaborative project: Filming Antiquity.