Past Film/Video | Visiting Filmmakers | Contemporary Screen

The Changeover System

A Projection Performance Installation

(Gibson + Recoder, 2023)

Gibson + Recoder in person
Q&A follows program

35MM Print | Ohio Premiere

Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder are each adjusting separate 35mm projectors as the projector’s light spills into the auditorium.

Acclaimed collaborative artist duo Gibson + Recoder visit with an expanded cinema performance using hand-blown glass to refract light from the projection of 35mm film. 

Known for their performances transforming films into captivating sculptures of light, New York–based artists Gibson + Recoder join us for the first time at the Wex to present The Changeover System. The piece will use both of the Film/Video Theater’s 35mm projectors and introduce rotating hand-blown glass objects and other diffracting elements to bend, scatter, and distort the film’s image, redefining what cinematic film projection can be. 

During this singular live performance, Gibson + Recoder will disappear into the projection booth—assisted by the Wex’s projectionist Rachael Barbash—to transform the film projector’s light into artistic material. Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder have been collaborating since 2000, and their works are in the permanent collection of such major museums as the Whitney Museum of Art, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, and Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf. (approx. 70 mins., 35mm)

IMAGE CAPTION
Gibson + Recoder, courtesy of the artists.

Copresented with Denison University’s Department of Cinema.

SUPPORT FOR FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Department of Development
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Ohio Arts Council
CampusParc
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
Larry and Donna James
Bruce and Joy Soll
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate

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The Changeover System