Name: Heart of Glass
Price range: $

Heart of Glass is excited to announce The Invisible City, a unique cinematic event coming to St Helens this Autumn.

On Saturday, November 12th we will present an site specific cinema event, in collaboration with Abandon Normal Devices (AND) and Alexandra Park (St Helens) Management Limited, the former Pilkington Glass headquarters.

Featuring the granddaddy of surveillance films Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window and the world premiere of a new short film by artist Liam Young, this cinematic event will use the historical home of glass to explore contemporary responses to technology and transparency.

The main event will consist of a film programme, with a choice of viewing options including ‘drive-in’ and ‘viewing gallery’; and quasi-fictional tours of the Pilkington HQ, which will flatten distinctions between famous and forgotten, public and private spaces in the building. The glass fronted office complex will be the backdrop to ask questions related to transparency and invisibility in our society today.

In the days leading up to the main event there will be the opportunity to attend a choice of three themed film screenings in the former Pilkington Glass Board Room for a small audience, featuring landmark counter-surveillance films The Conversation, and Red Road with more titles to be announced.

Patrick Fox, Director of Heart of Glass, said: “The event will be a unique opportunity to see the former Pilkington site from a different perspective, including the chance to take a tour that includes areas never before seen by the public. We have a fantastic programme of work on offer, and we’re excited to animate this iconic site in a new and exciting way”

Gabrielle Jenks, Director of Abandon Normal Devices, said: “We’re delighted to be working with Heart of Glass in St Helens. We’ve been collaborating closely with the partners and artists over the last year, with the aim of creating a project that will engage audiences in the landscape that surrounds them. In November, we transform Alexandra Park into a home for sonic and cinematic espionage for a night of surveillance cinema.”

SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2016
Doors open – 7pm
General Tickets – Full Price £6 / Concession Price £4
Drive-In Tickets £12 Per Car

How to Book

Bookings for all the film screenings – on 12 November and Board Room Screenings – and for the Artist Led Tours, can be done at Eventbrite.

Directions

Visit the Alexandra Park venue page for the address, location and directions.

Invisible City Programme

A person with shoulder length hair and wearing a leather jacket stands as a silhouette against a yellow background.

The Invisible City: Red Road

8th Nov 2016

Board Room Screenings: Red Road. A special series of intimate screenings taking place in the week preceding the main cinematic event.

Event

A promotional image for the film 1971 of a door with a frosted window and the silhouette of a person with a crowbar behind it.

The Invisible City: 1971

9th Nov 2016

Board Room Screenings: 1971. A special series of intimate screenings taking place in the week preceding the main cinematic event.

Event

A still from the film The Conversation of a man in a phone box speaking down a phone.

The Invisible City: The Conversation

10th Nov 2016

Board Room Screenings: The Conversation. A special series of intimate screenings taking place in the week preceding the main cinematic event.

Event

Artist Michelle Browne stands in a black dress in a room lit by fluorescent lights. She is holding a piece of paper in her hands and speaking to an audience of people.

The Invisible City: Now Thus Now Thus

12th Nov 2016

As part of The Invisible City Heart of Glass, in collaboration with Abandon Normal Devices (AND) and Alexandra Park (St Helens) Management Limited present Now Thus Now Thus is a semi-fictional tour through Alexandra Park.

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A large tower building stands in daylight against a blue/grey sky. The building has one whole side of blue windows. In front of the tower is a covered walkway over a car park. This is the former Pilkington's Glass Headquarters at Alexandra Park.

The Invisible City: Rear Window & Where the City Can't See

12th Nov 2016

As part of The Invisible City Heart of Glass, in collaboration with Abandon Normal Devices (AND) and Alexandra Park (St Helens) Management Limited will screen Rear Window and short film Where the City Can't See

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The Invisible City is curated and produced by Heart of Glass and Abandon Normal Devices, in partnership with Alexandra Park (St Helens) Management Limited. This project is supported by Arts Council England and Film Hub North West Central, proud to be a member of the BFI Film Audience Network.