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habitat
The habitat programme included talks, symposia and exhibitions as part of Architecture Week 2006, exploring how technology and nomadic practice are affecting the nature of creative space. Endurance
  Running over three days from 24 - 26 April 2008, Endurance focused on mental and physical notions of endurance through presenting pioneering works from the 1960s to present alongside new... Flux-Fest
VIVID, in partnership with 7 Inch Cinema, Capsule, SharedTable, a.a.s. and Ensemble Interakt, presented three weeks of activity to celebrate the spirit of Fluxus. An array of Fluxus inspired activity...
Still from Rosy Palm, Sara Fletcher & Edward Adam
Still from Rosy Palm, Sara Fletcher & Edward Adam

Jason Dee,
Jason Dee, "We'll revisit the scenes of our youth"

Jason Dee,
Jason Dee, "We'll revisit the scenes of our youth"

SMOKE AND MIRRORS

This is the third collaboration by mac and VIVID, investigating the crossover between artists' film and video and traditional cinema.

 



Exploring the notion of illusion and visual trickery through contemporary and historical references, this unique event will include work by Georges Méličs, Pathé Frčres and Edison alongside recent video works by Elizabeth McAlpine, Jonathan Allen, Jason Dee, Sara Fletcher & Edward Adam and Tobias Sternberg.

The programme references the artifice of early cinema and theatre whereby the practice of magician and filmmaker were often indistinguishable, each aspiring to 'trick' the audience through a series of manipulations and visual effects.


 


Using both gallery and cinema environments across the two venues, this programme will investigate modes of presentation, whilst challenging the audiences perception of screen based media. Exhibitions and screenings will be accompanied by a series of related talks.

 

 

Exhibition  Opening Times

mac, Cotton Gallery, Thursday - Sunday, 12-6pm

VIVID, Thursday -Sunday, 12-5.30pm

 

 

Screening Times

Programme 1: Framing the Illusion

Saturday 1 April, 1 – 2.30pm

Programme 2: Acts of Looking

Saturday 1 April, 3 – 3.45pm

Programme 3: Montage/sound and vision

Sunday 2nd April, 1 – 2.00pm

 

 

Click here to download full programme information

 

A 4 day festival pass costs Ł3 /2 concessions

To book please call mac box office on

0121 440 3838