Bruce McClure turns projectors into instruments; he doesn’t project film, he misuses it. His bastardised 16mm projectors transform B&W loops into a thrumming riot of perceptual phenomenon in colour, motion and sound. Noise music for the eyes.

Photo: Bryony McIntyre
Bruce McClure
Event
29 Nov–07 Dec 2008 • BFI Southbank; BFI IMAX; ICA, London; Spike Island; Arnolfini, Bristol; CCA, Glasgow
Artists
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Video 1
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Video 2
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Extract
Bruce McClure Screening Notes
The multi-projector performances of filmmaker Bruce McClure open up a pretty heavy world of hallucinatory retinal pyrotechnics that we’ve not seen the like of before. Bruce employs multiple bastardised 16mm projectors, screwed about with, the motors modified, brass grids retro-fitted askance between lens and gate. These personalised instruments are used to transform loops of pure black and white frames into an immersive riot of perceptual phenomenon in colour, motion and sound.
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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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