Imagine a building designed to function like a flower! Imagine a classroom designed by nature and the determination of middle school students! Two documentaries; two inspiring stories.
What: Double Bill Film Screening
Who: Eco Art Incubator featuring Denise Kenney and Shimshon Obadia
When: Thursday, April 12 from 7pm to 9:30 pm
Where: The Innovation Centre, 460 Doyle Ave, Kelowna
As part of the 2018 Spring Festival, the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies and the Eco Art Incubator are pleased to present a double film screening by FCCS professor, Denise Kenney and BFA alumni, Shimshon Obadia.
Two community-based projects have come to fruition and corresponding documentaries telling their stories will be screened at the Innovation Centre on Thursday, April 12; Living Building- The Ethel Lane House and Daylighting the Classroom.
The Ethel Lane House is a documentary by Denise Kenney and UBCO undergraduate students in the Interdisciplinary Performance program. It follows the building of a remarkable 600 sq. foot home from the first stake in the garden to the last energy use test results a year after completion. The building is designed to function as cleanly and efficiently as a flower and is lovingly crafted for a family member with a developmental disability.
Daylighting the Classroom is a documentary produced by BFA alumni, Shimshon Obadia. The film follows Shimshon as he works alongside passionate environment students from École K.L.O. Middle School to restore their schoolyard’s natural environment after finding crushed turtle eggs in their long jump pits. This documentary watches a long ignored wetland see daylight through art and the discovery of the educational resource goldmine that is the natural world.
Daylighting the Classroom was just named “Official Selection” of the Creation International Film Festival and the 2018 Cinema WorldFest Awards!
“Our intention is to bring the communities together that were involved in both projects for the screenings and then to facilitate discussion regarding development practices and ecological issues in the Okanagan.” Says Denise Kenney. “We look forward to sharing these stories with the communities that created them!”
Tickets for this event are by donation, and will be available at the door.
Find out more about the FCCS Spring Festival.