In the darkness of the derelict Lyric House in the Armley area of Leeds, the cinema’s old Kalee projector plays a new 35mm film. Specific to its place, Skaer’s sculptural film work is the imagined subconscious of the projector itself … Through repeated screenings, the film slowly bears witness to its own presentation through scratches and marks that visibly scar and efface the surface of the image. At the end of the project the cinema will once again be dormant.
In Film For An Abandoned Projector Lucy Skaer further explores her interest in the relationship between sculpture and film; between the machine and the resulting psychological space created by it. Skaer was inspired to develop the project when she learned that Leeds was the primary producer of cinema projection equipment in the mid twentieth century. Through its neglect, this precision optical instrument has slipped from the mainstream to become marginal, allowing different images and agendas to inhabit this usually commercial format.
Preview
28th September, 5 – 8pm, Lyric House.
Drinks served, vinyl set by Al Doyle (Hot Chip) and Tom Hopkins.
All welcome but RSVP essential.
Public screenings every Thursday, 6 – 8pm (drop in) and by appointment Admission FREE
Events
1st October: Lucy Skaer Zombie versus ghost
6th October: Pavilion in conversation with Lucy Skaer
20th October: Nancy Roth Translation for a recovered text
2nd November: Guided tour with Leeds Art Walk
3rd November: Briony Fer Newness and oldness
For more information and to book visit www.lucyskaerevents.eventbrite.com
Film for an abandoned projector is commissioned by Pavilion www.pavilion.org.uk