Liminal Lumen: Film Experiments by Luis Recoder

Bay Area filmmaker Luis Recoder has been creating a sensation with his projection performances using multiple strips of film fed into a single projector or an array of projectors with duplicate prints. Following the sinuous wind of the film path and playing the same film against itself, Recoder coaxes frictionless harmonics out of closely contrasting imagery, infusing a new element of time into timeless replay. Imagine Keaton's phantom projectionist in SHERLOCK Jr. wandering into the booth of the movie theater of Raul Ruiz's LIFE IS A DREAM (Memoire des Apparances), infecting the film itself with the contagious spirit of doubling and concussive space.—Mark McElhatten This program will tour to Austin on May 26, 8pm at The Hideout.