Mono-Ha [The School of Things], Japanese traditionalist artists, interested in vernacular materials, interventions in to space, truth to materials, the rearrangement of things.
Some images taken from Hvass and Hannibal'ssite describing a project that was completed recently in response to a Gym. Food for thought perhaps and an example of how your responses to space can manifest themselves. More below.
Norman Mailer discusses the potential implications of the rapid fire spread of technology, the electronic 'envelope' or Global Village with Marshall Macluhan. Two mighty intellects talking about issues that are with us now more than ever.
Showreel of Swedish director Daniel Eskils, showing an assemblage of his often lo-fi/partially lo-fi moving image techniques which might interest you, ranging across puppetry, costume, collage stop motion, overhead projector drawing, and good old pixillation.
Kris Moyes' videos for Beck, The Softlightes and Architecture in Helsinki (Heart it Races), show similarly imaginative and mostly lo-fi techniques. See more of his work here
When searching for Kris Moyes' AIH video on YouTube I also found a repertoire of their other videos, and they obviously have a taste for maximum energy and effect for minimum means. Note their combination of costume, movement and a gymnasium...Might be useful for your Leisure Centre exhibition?
Innovative use of paper technology and crude [ish] film techniques. These are simple but informative films about the reproductive mechanics of crustacea. Check out more hereand thank you to Noel Bramley for drawing my attention to this.