FILM
Sliding
The reign of 35mm slides lasted between the mid 60s, precipitated by cheap travel package holidays, and reasonably priced film and development, and the mid-90s before the rise of digital imagery took over.Millions of moments captured in 2-inch square frames.
And what happened to those slides? Many were boxed up and placed in storage. Forgotten and lost. Finding their way to car-boot sales or just thrown out.
That's where we came in. As conservators of the discarded memory.
For us it is a hobby, a collection, and somewhat of a responsibility. We are archivists by default.
We have a collection bordering on 5,000 slides form hundreds of different collections. Each one a portal into a past and an image resurrected every time it is illuminated.
We would, given the opportunity, share them all with you, but for the sake of brevity and trees, we embarked upon a curatorial process.
If you want to gain access to a preview of this film, especially if you think you'd like to show it, contact us and we can send you a password.
EX VIVO
For just over a year, artists Adam York Gregory and Gillian Jane Lees have been resident in Luton, specifically the Institute of Biomedical and Environmental Science and Technology (iBEST).They have been looking at how science and art can collaborate successfully. They have been looking at how science is often misrepresented and how scientists, particularly women scientists, are frequently hidden. They look at architecture and choreography and photography.
They made a short film.
Au
A response on the active lobbying to rewrite the Human Rights Act 1998.In the form of a durational reading performance, Gillian demonstrates how gold and wealth distorts the meanings of your rights.
Gillian reads the entire act over the course of four hours with an ounce of gold in her mouth.