Comments on: In Space: No-One Can Hear You Screen http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-screen/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:55:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Pete http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-screen/#comment-260368 Pete Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:34:45 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-screen/#comment-260368 But the BFI Imax is fifty yards away (Imagine how great it would be if they ahad been allower to infill the underpass to the roundabout, and indeed said roundabout - with more musuemy stuff. Even slip in teh library and reading room from Stephen Street). I think it may be a hint to open BFI's all over the country, which might not be a bad idea. Is the Bradford Film & TV Museum part of the BFI, he thinks out loud (and thinks not). But the BFI Imax is fifty yards away (Imagine how great it would be if they ahad been allower to infill the underpass to the roundabout, and indeed said roundabout - with more musuemy stuff. Even slip in teh library and reading room from Stephen Street).

I think it may be a hint to open BFI’s all over the country, which might not be a bad idea. Is the Bradford Film & TV Museum part of the BFI, he thinks out loud (and thinks not).

]]> By: cis http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-screen/#comment-259434 cis Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:12:08 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-screen/#comment-259434 I think it's 'as opposed to the BFI IMAX' (as well as BFI stephen street) but I could be wrong. I think it’s ‘as opposed to the BFI IMAX’ (as well as BFI stephen street) but I could be wrong.

]]> By: Pete Baran http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-screen/#comment-259177 Pete Baran Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:03:40 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-screen/#comment-259177 Oh no, that's why they closed it down. It cost them loads of money and they didn't get any money from the government. They closed it down for refurbishment whilst they tried to wangle museum money out of the government (BFI funding was Arts Council, "national" museum funding is not, and they had to convince the two bodies that there would be no cross-subsidy). By the time New Labour came in and said they wouldn't do anything about it, building regulations pretty much scuppered any hopes of re-opening the museum as was, and much of the exhibits were getting a bit manky. The plan shifted to a whole new building near County Hall, with MOMI in it, which they wasted five years trying to kick start and never got enough money for. Hence this refurb on the cheap (with loads of accessibility lifts because of multilevel set-up). So yes, you are right, but I still reckon they could have done a bit more with the space to educate and excite. Oh no, that’s why they closed it down. It cost them loads of money and they didn’t get any money from the government. They closed it down for refurbishment whilst they tried to wangle museum money out of the government (BFI funding was Arts Council, “national” museum funding is not, and they had to convince the two bodies that there would be no cross-subsidy). By the time New Labour came in and said they wouldn’t do anything about it, building regulations pretty much scuppered any hopes of re-opening the museum as was, and much of the exhibits were getting a bit manky. The plan shifted to a whole new building near County Hall, with MOMI in it, which they wasted five years trying to kick start and never got enough money for. Hence this refurb on the cheap (with loads of accessibility lifts because of multilevel set-up).

So yes, you are right, but I still reckon they could have done a bit more with the space to educate and excite.

]]> By: Aardvark http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-screen/#comment-259171 Aardvark Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:49:44 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-screen/#comment-259171 I miss MOMI too, especially the bits with actors who pretend that you are going to be in King Kong and the bit where you read the News. But it's about more than space. I always assumed that it shut down because it had become a money pit, rather than just so they could make a nice open space. Am I horribly naive? I miss MOMI too, especially the bits with actors who pretend that you are going to be in King Kong and the bit where you read the News. But it’s about more than space. I always assumed that it shut down because it had become a money pit, rather than just so they could make a nice open space. Am I horribly naive?

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