Architecture in Film
Date: Oct 6
7:00 pm
- 9:00 pm
Where: Theatre
Special Film Festival
October 2 – 7 marks NL Architecture Week. Join us along with the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Architects for two evenings of Architecture in Film at The Rooms.
THE TRUMAN SHOW
Director – Peter Weir/ Writer – Andrew Niccol
Producers Scott Rudin, Andrew Niccol, Edward S. Feldman, and Adam Schroeder, USA 1998
The Truman Show features Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, a man who grew up living an ordinary life that –unbeknownst to him – takes place on a large set populated by actors for a television show about him.
The Truman show has been analyzed as an exploration of simulated reality, existentialism surveillance, religion, meta-philosophy, privacy, and reality television, and described as a genre-blending that features elements of dystopian fiction, metafiction, psychological drama, romantic comedy, satire, and social science fiction. The majority of filming took place at Seaside, Florida, a master-planned community located in the Florida Panhandle.
It is this last notion as why there is such an architectural connection. Current Single-use Zoning Codes throughout North America and particularly in St. John’s create unimaginative and unsustainable sprawl. The planners for Seaside Florida were Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, famous for their ground breaking and lifelong work or New Urbanism. They provide the method and means to design new communities based on 19th century Town-Making Principles. We can do the same or better in St. John’s.
Charles Henley will be on hand to introduce the film and to offer a short Q&A following the film.
This is a free event, but seating is limited so please reserve your free ticket by clicking "Buy Tickets" or by calling 757-8090.
Events & Programs
This event has been cancelled due to illness. Tickets will be refunded. A new date will be announced when confirmed.
Have you ever wondered about the connections between creativity and neurodivergence, such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia? From attention to detail to pattern recognition and language originality, neurodivergent artists can display talents that could be considered advantages.
Join us for a moderated panel discussion with Dr. Andreae Callanan and Dr. Kate Lahey, who will talk about how neurodivergent people express creativity in unique, unconventional ways.
Part of the discussion will address some challenges for neurodivergent artists during and following the creative process, such as executive functioning, sleep disturbances, and burnout. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions following the presentation.
Cost: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Register online or by calling (709) 757-8090.
About the Panelists:
Andreae Callanan holds a PhD in English from Memorial and serves as co-convener of the Research and Knowledge Exchange on Critical Disability Studies at the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research. Her debut poetry collection, The Debt (Biblioasis, 2021), was shortlisted for the E. J. Pratt Family Poetry Prize and was a runner-up in the Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry. Andreae’s creative and critical writing has been published in Riddle Fence, The Walrus, Newfoundland Quarterly, Canadian Notes & Queries, Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, and in Best Canadian Essays 2026. She lives in St. John’s.
Dr. Kate Lahey holds a PhD from the University of Toronto, is the front person of the band Weary, and writes arts criticism. As a musician, writer, scholar, community organizer, and postdoctoral fellow at Memorial’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, her research centers on trauma-informed values such as healing, care, empathy, and social justice.