DCA to show Dundee art project film shot on ipad

Jon Gill’s Openclose Movie was captured and edited on a single mobile device

A Dundee film-maker who shot a documentary about the city’s street art on an ipad will have his work screened at the DCA.

Jon Gill has made a 45-minute feature film on the Openclose project, which has seen neglected doorways in the city centre decorated by street artists.

The initiative, launched by PHD student Russell Pepper, has recently expanded to include 20 additional doorways around Stobswell.

Trail maps and guided tours have also been part of the project, with the aim of promoting it and attracting visitors to Dundee.

The documentary, Openclose Movie, is to be shown at Dundee Contemporary Arts on May 19.

Jon said: “As far as I’m aware it’s the first feature-length film to be captured and edited on a single mobile device, in this case an ipad.

“I’m doing this to promote what’s possible for people to create without lots of expensive equipment and instead using the tools they already have available. It will also be projected from the same ipad when we screen at the DCA next month.

“I had previously been involved in organising a similar project to Openclose, but with posters instead of doorways.

“When I heard about Openclose I wanted to get involved — because I was familiar with how a project like this worked, I could really focus on the filmmaking.”

There are three parts to the film: an introduction to Dundee’s wider art scene, a look at Openclose and a section on the future of the project, including its extension to Stobswell.

A total of 20 doorways will be painted, with the majority already completed.

Project leader Russell said: “There are around five or six more to go, and the idea is to have them all finished by the time Stobsfest starts on May 4. There will then be tours every Saturday in May.

“I’m very pleased with how the project has developed. The artists have all done a really good job, local residents have been supportive and the people whose doorways have been painted are happy as well.

“Hopefully in the future we’ll be able to extend Openclose to other parts of the city, such as Lochee.”

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“I’m doing this to promote what’s possible for people to create without lots of expensive equipment. JON GILL

Picture: Mhairi Edwards. Illustrator Amy Dunne beside a shop front she decorated on Lyon Street.

Picture: Mhairi Edwards. Shutters on the door to a pub in Albert Street, part of the Openclose project.