Man With a Mirror
Guy Sherwin
A film performance about Guy then, and Guy now, as a metaphor for the passing of time, which of course all film is inherently about.
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A film performance about Guy then, and Guy now, as a metaphor for the passing of time, which of course all film is inherently about.
Live ISDN drone performance resonating between Dundee and an empty Montreal Grain Silo.
Summing up of the investigations with a reflection on what has been done that week and what could be done the next.
Jarringly beautiful and often maniacal expression of hallucinatory and very personal visions.
A cinema of the mind, a film to take place in the viewers’ imagination(s).
A multi-speaker, electronic, spacious and spatial performance from Florian Hecker.
Like walking through the abstracted amalgamation of 30 or so storms, trays of water shaken by thunder, light bouncing off pools.
A celebration of the release of four books written by members of, and focused on about the House and Ballroom scene.
A sort of prayer and conference, a sort of scream and dialogue – a monologue and declaration at the time, addressing how we can build complicity with one another.
A chat, with examples (Zola, H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Horror), about blackness and the sheer stupid thickness of what has no profundity whatsoever.
Save the dates for Episode 12.
Wednesday 11 – Sunday 15 November 2026
The Tower performance at KYTN throws into that mix the 70’s fluxus light shows and films of Jeff Perkins and other filmic interventions tuned to their unique frequency.