People with an interest in cinema can gain an insight into its history and its beginnings at a dedicated exhibition held at the Cinematheque•Passion on Travessa da Paixão (戀愛巷).
The exhibition, titled “Frames of History: The Birth of Cinema”, is on until September 27 and can be found in the cinematheque’s free admission Exhibition Space.
Exhibitiongoers will be able to learn about how films were recorded, the filmmaking process, and different photograph and motion picture carriers, altogether exploring at how things were filmed, stored and shared.
Among the exhibits are videos, silent films, film reels and stocks and informative texts. Among the exhibits are also images and explanatory texts from 19th-century film pioneers such as English photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), and the Lumière brothers Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (1862-1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (1864-1948).
The exhibition offers “insights into the beginnings of cinematography, the principles behind film projection, and cinema-going culture”, according to a recent statement provided by the cinematheque, and provides a way for a younger generation to learn more about the dawn of cinema.
The Exhibition Space is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. during the period, being closed on Mondays and public holidays.
Photos taken yesterday at Cinematheque•Passion on Travessa da Paixão (戀愛巷) by Rui Pastorin.
