The Enchanting Kinora

"In The Enchanting Kinora, Elizabeth Evans examines the Kinora in its technological, industrial and socio-cultural context to explore how early attempts to domesticate moving images were configured. She closely analyses 84 previously unexamined Kinora reels, filmed between 1908-1913 and held by the Smedley Collection. These include 23 reels that were produced for public consumption and others that were meant solely for private viewing by the family. She goes on to consider the reels as material objects, examining not only the content that was created, but also how the collection was preserved and catalogued by members of the Smedley family"--