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News - Sep 2024
Portraits to make you think
If you're looking around our 'Children and Young People's Portrait Competition' display you're bound to notice these two wonderful portraits from our art collection. They're on show with a selection of other materials to complement the 160+ competition entries we received and shed more light on portraiture in its many different forms. Find out more about them here - and catch them before the display comes to an end on 29 September.
News - Aug 2024
Take a look around
Are you a regular visitor to The Box? Are you planning to visit for the first time? There are lots of interesting things dotted around our building that complement our changing exhibitions and permanent galleries. Here are a few things to look out for. If you follow them in this order it makes a nice trail!
Press Release - Aug 2024
A stellar line-up revealed for autumn/winter exhibitions
We're continuing to bring the best historic and contemporary art to the South West, with an autumn/winter season that reflects Plymouth’s striking coastal setting and military history.
Reimagining the Film Archive: Discoveries - Aug 2024
Uncovering the challenges of the Western narrative
In our latest #RTFA discovery, we've uncovered a 20-minute documentary called ‘Educational Film: India’, which was commissioned by a Christian missionary for the Devon Educational Library in the 1960s, 20 years after India’s independence. The documentary highlights the different cultures and religions in India and was filmed before the independence of Pakistan and Bangladesh, two important neighbouring countries that were once part of British India. The narrative of the documentary highlights how the collections retain content that reflects the remnants of empire.
News - Aug 2024
Global Plymouth - a new journey
If you head into our '100 Journeys' gallery you'll notice a brand new case display. It introduces our 'Global Plymouth' project which is enabling us to work with audiences, artists and communities to make changes to the space over the next year or two.
Reimagining the Film Archive; Spotlight - Aug 2024
Spotlight on Imperfect Cinema
Imperfect Cinema is a socially engaged collective for film, sound and moving image. They’ve produced and facilitated the creation of over 700 films, micro-cinema events, festivals, symposia and screenings, and produced and facilitated filmmaking workshops and screenings across the UK and internationally. They’ve also produced 'RE/POSIT/ORY', the new five-screen film currently showing on the screens in The Box’s Media Lab gallery, which examines the role of the archive. We caught up with co-founders Allister and Dan to ask them some questions.
Reimagining the Film Archive; Spotlight - Jul 2024
Sharing Practice: Cinema Rediscovered 2024
The Box's Media Archivist, Stacey Anderson and Reimagining the Film Archive Discovery Media Assistant, Zahra Khanum were recently invited to be part of an 'Opening up the Archive' panel discussion, alongside colleagues from the BFI National Archive. The event was part of 'Cinema Rediscovered 2024' in Bristol - Watershed’s annual festival dedicated to the rediscovery and revival of great films.
Collections - Jul 2024
Did local tin kickstart the European Bronze Age?
Devon and Cornwall are sometimes portrayed as a bit of a back water. In prehistory, when great changes occur, Britain is usually seen as being on the periphery. Things arrive from elsewhere and we’re on the outer ripples of innovation. But could there be more to the far South West than meets the eye?
Press Release - Jul 2024
800,000 visits, international exhibitions and awards – The Box continues to impress as it reports on success
The Box has welcomed more than 817,000 visitors since it opened in September 2020! We presented our annual report to Plymouth City Council's scrutiny committee on 17 July and shared how we're working hard to care for the city’s historic collections, explore the important stories and issues that impact us all and be a social space that offers everyone who steps through our door an amazing experience.
Press Release - Jul 2024
Your family guide to the summer
Six weeks off school. Six whole weeks. What are we going to do with the kids? It's a lot to think about and coordinate - but the summer holidays should be a time for great experiences and making memories. Here's our handy guide for how we can help you through it, rain or shine:
Reimagining the Film Archive: Milestones - Jul 2024
RE/POSIT/ORY - reframing the film archive
The Box has just launched a new digital film commission called 'RE/POSIT/ORY' which visitors can watch in the Media Lab gallery throughout the summer of 2024.
Press Release - Jul 2024
New portraits display at The Box celebrates Devon and Cornwall’s young artists
Portraits by more than 160 talented young artists are now on display at The Box following a competition earlier in the year which encouraged as many young people from Devon and Cornwall as possible to take part.