6 days to go ... about QR codes at Cinemarché 2011

At Cinemarché 2011, we will use QR codes to provide access to videos that people have posted on either youtube or Vimeo.  We have selected 17 videos that we have curated in four groups.


Three of the groups will link to videos about different aspects of contemporary human rights issues:  the role of Amnesty International in this its 50th year;  the experiences of migrants travelling through Mexico; and the acts of protest and witness of las Madres de Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aries.   


The group about migrants travelling through Mexico includes the film "The Invisibles", made for Amnesty International by Gael Garcia Bernal and Marc Silver.


The fourth group uses the example of the Queen's visit to Scarborough in 2010 of videos to examine notions of official and citizen journalism and personal commentary.

Kane Cunningham, one of the organisers says: “We think this use of QR codes might be a world first for Scarborough. This is a unique and exciting way to curate and exhibit videos – we don’t know if this has been done anywhere else."

QR code for http://vimeo.com/30508972: