VOID - One Year Of Silence - Resident Advisor

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https://ra.co/films/3845

One year on from the UK's first lockdown, clubs remain closed. This audiovisual film by Tom Andrew and Sam Davis aims to capture this profound sense of loss and longing, setting shots of empty dance floors across England to original music by Daniel Avery. VOID - One Year Of Silence is an audiovisual experience best enjoyed in full, with the lights down and the volume up. A year ago to the day, the UK entered its first lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic. 66 million people were ordered to stay at home as all but essential businesses shut. Nightclubs, once abuzz with life and dancing, were left empty. Clubbers, many of whom relied on these spaces as sanctuaries away from the stresses of everyday life, suddenly had nowhere to go. Some of these venues will never reopen. Others still have at least three months to wait until ravers can return.

A handful of these venues appear in VOID - One Year Of Silence, a short film by British filmmakers Tom Andrew and Sam Davis. For the audiovisual piece, Andrew and Davis visited clubs across England, filming and photographing their empty dance floors. Shots of cavernous clubs and warehouses coalesce with original music by Daniel Avery. The aim of the project, as well as reflecting on a year without clubbing and human connection, is to raise money and awareness for CALM, a charity leading the movement against suicide in the UK. You can donate here.



Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a ​movement ​against ​suicide in the UK, offering life-saving services, provoking national conversation and bringing people together to empower everyone to reject living miserably and stand together against suicide. Right now CALM is needed more than ever. Since lockdown their helpline answered more than 124,000 calls and web chats. That's one every 56 seconds. If you're struggling, talk to CALM on 0800 58 58 58 or via their web chat. Their trained helpline staff are available from 5 PM through midnight every day to provide practical support and advice. It's free, anonymous and confidential, no matter who you are or what you're going through.



Clubs & Venues
The Arch (Brighton)
The Brickworks (Nottingham)
The Cause (London)
Corsica Studios (London)
Cosmic Ballroom (Newcastle)
Hare & Hounds (Birmingham)
Hidden (Manchester)
Hope Works (Sheffield)
Lab11 (Birmingham)
Lakota (Bristol)
Mama Roux (Birmingham)
Fewer Than 1 (Sheffield)
Oval Space (London)
Strange Brew (Bristol)
Thekla (Bristol)