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still from "Apparitions" by Alex Mackenzie
Inspired by early stereo imaging and the clash and collusion of socioeconomic forces, "Apparitions" by Vancouver-based filmmaker Alex Mackenzie is a two-projector film performance that seeks to dismantle cinematic codes while foregrounding projector and light as sculpture: a conscious corruption of and interference with the apparatus to evoke the unexpected, reshaping representation into the realm of material and space. Using color gels, masking, lens interference and projector movement in tandem with an exploration of binocular disparity, perspective, patterning and the film surface itself, "Apparitions" explores the transitional space between image and abstraction, nature and culture.