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Gibson + Recoder in personQ&A follows program
35MM Print | Ohio Premiere
$7 members and guests 55 and over$9 general public$5 students
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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 CAPTIONGibson + Recoder, courtesy of the artists.
Copresented with Denison University’s Department of Cinema.
SUPPORT FOR FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS PROVIDED BYRohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BYOhio Department of DevelopmentGreater Columbus Arts CouncilThe Wexner FamilyInstitute of Museum and Library ServicesOhio Arts CouncilCampusParcOhio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery ThemeThe Columbus FoundationNationwide FoundationVorys, Sater, Seymour, and PeaseADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BYMike and Paige CraneAxium PackagingNancy KramerOhio State Energy PartnersOhio History Fund/Ohio History ConnectionLarry and Donna JamesBruce and Joy SollJones DayAlex and Renée Shumate
Past Film/Video
The Changeover System
