A documentary series curated by two Glasgow-based Japanese journalists, screening at Kelvin Hall with a discussion following each film.
The Lotus Club returns to Kelvin Hall on Wednesday 28 October, as part of a documentary series curated by two Glasgow-based Japanese journalists. It's hosted by the National Library of Scotland's Moving Image Archive, and the format is a double bill: each screening pairs a Japanese documentary with a Scottish one, with the two films exploring what's visible above the muddy surface of Japan and Scotland. There's a discussion after the films, so you can stick around and talk through what you've seen.
Kelvin Hall itself is a bit of a cultural hub in the West End, sitting on the banks of the River Kelvin opposite Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It came out of a partnership between Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Life, the University of Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland, and it works as a centre of cultural excellence, housing collections storage, teaching and research alongside a Glasgow Club health and fitness centre. Around 1.5 million objects from the Hunterian and Glasgow Museum collections are stored there, including the only surviving complete suite of interiors by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Mrs Cranston's Ingram Street tearooms, which undergo conservation in public view.
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The screening runs from 6pm to 7.45pm, and it's free to attend. If you're around the West End on a Wednesday evening and fancy a double bill of Japanese and Scottish documentary, it's a good one to keep in mind.
