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Bioscope Media Coverage

Russell Grant — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:03:26 +0000

Since opening in June 2010, The Bioscope has received coverage in almost every South African publication, below is just some of the digital content produced around The Bioscope. You’ll notice how both Darryl and Russell each use the gold mining analogy, only because the analogy itself is so true.

The First live music show at The Bioscope

16mm launches at The Bioscope

Russell Grant — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:53:43 +0000

16mm is a new concept to have launched at The Bioscope, the independent cinema located in downtown Johannesburg. Bioscope founders Darryl Els and Russell Grant discovered an old cinema located close by called the Thari cinema. When there they got to know the owner Charles, and discovered his collection of old 16mm prints. charles is also in possession of a working 16mm project.

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Building The Bioscope

Russell Grant — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:49:08 +0000

After years of planning, it all came down to a couple of weeks. The Bioscope has just opened its doors to the public, and the moment was met with a big sigh of relief. A relief that that craziness of the past few weeks was over, and a relief that it has now been done. Many have tried, many have gotten quite far, but none had managed to do it.

Johannesburg now has its own independent art house and cultural cinema. Something every major city should have, but Johannesburg didn’t. Perfectly positioned in downtown Johannesburg, on the ground floor of Main Street Life, another site that Red Team Go is heavily involved in through Main Street Life .TV

As a project now, the space needs to just grow into itself. Both myself (Russell) and The Bioscope co Founder Darryl Els need to just refine our systems and practices so that project can grow steadily. The excitement of Main Street Life, and the every growing Maboneng Precinct were key in making the project happen. Now, it just comes down to the love and excitement we have for independent cinema, and a little bit of that good old fashioned grease you get coming out of your elbow.

The Bioscope launches DOC LOVE

Russell Grant — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:54:29 +0000

Independent cinema The Bioscope is all set to launch DOC LOVE, the latest and greatest in what will eventually become regular events at the cinema. The event is in collaboration with the DFA (The Documentary Filmmakers Association). The evening is all about the screening of a documentary near to completion. And the could not have been a better film to have launched the event with than Adi Loveland’s highly anticipated Unhindged: Surviving Joburg.

With a crowd of filmmakers, DFA members, and general public, the filmmaker has the chance to make one or two changes, before sending it out into the world, and the audience leave feeling a part of something. There are many events like this in the pipeline for The Bioscope. All of which will be shown, right here as well as the official site.

Introducing The Bioscope at Arts on Main

Russell Grant — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:19:02 +0000

After the second successful screening of The Bioscope Summer Series, the venue housing the screenings is quickly becoming home. The large space upstairs in Art on Main is made available for events like these, yet talks are already underway to make it the home base of Red Team Go’s independent cinema project The Bioscope. Its important that people see the extent of comfort made available by The Bioscope’s screenings. More often than not, cinema goers make due with plastic stairs or pillows, but when a feature length film is involved you need all the comfort and viewing angle you can get.

The Bioscope. Summer Series launches

Russell Grant — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:35:25 +0000

The Bioscope’s maiden screening festival got underway last night at Arts on Main. The desired objective was to screen the film open air, on the rooftop in the venue’s courtyard. But alas, Johannesburg was hit with a week long bout of thick rain. But thankfully, Arts on Main as a venue, is a really incredible space. At the forefront, it’s an artist residency, so much of the spaces can be shifted accordingly for any kind of show or exhibition. The team brought out gas heaters, pop corn and snacks, and despite the nasty weather the turn out was fantastic.

The screened film was Marc Singer’s documentary Dark Days. A film that follows the lives of the people that lived inside the abandoned subway tunnels in New York City. With Arts on Main’s great warehouse esthetic, and the sounds of Johannesburg city being scrubbed down by the rain, so much texture and life was added to Singer’s gritty black and white film.

The next screening in the Summer Series is earmarked to be on Fri 11th Dec. More info will be displayed here as well as on The Bioscope