From 26th to 30th June 2012 East Street Arts is delighted to be supporting the ground breaking Comm(o)nist Gallery TV and our collaborative project Common-all Games in the Leeds Art Bistro (LAB), Leeds City Centre.

The Common-all Games are an ambitious project that builds on the successes of CGTV as an alternative platform of artistic practice and debate. The Comm(o)nist Gallery TV booths are placed in public spaces, acting as a node, to attract focused discussions amongst a new public, as well as providing a temporary space of artistic exchange.

We welcome artists Charlie Fox, Andrew Cooper, Anne Robinson and Jon Trayner linking a project that started as a pop up gallery with an ongoing exploration for East Street Arts on creative uses for temporary spaces. This event will encourage collective working and will explore the assumptions and histories of large scale cultural events.

We invite you to come and take part in a new exciting collective film-making experience, in a series of workshops to learn about making pictures move, with: animation, scratch film, sound, performance, editing and effects. The films will be shown at special screenings in various venues.

How to take part:

1) Make and share a film with the Comm(o)nist Gallery

The Comm(o)nist Gallery starts with an Open Call to regional artists to:

• Make a one minute film (Olympads) in response to the histories and assumptions of large-scale cultural events
• Submit 2D works no bigger than A3

Deadline is 25th June

How to submit work HERE

Work will be shown across sites in Leeds.

2) Learn to make a film with the Comm(o)nist Gallery

12 – 4pm and 6 – 9pm Tuesday 26th June
and 
12 – 4pm Wednesday 27th June

Everyone is invited to come and take part in a collective film-making experience with the Comm(o)nist Gallery workshops. Learn about making pictures move with : animation, scratch film, sound, performance, editing and effects. You don’t need to have any prior experience and the workshops are fun, friendly and free.