The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto LIFT

is pleased to present

FILM AS FABRIC, LACE AND THREAD:

A PERFORMANCE BY MARY STARK

Fall 2014 Artist in Residence Mary Stark in attendance

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

8:00pm - 10:00pm

$5 LIFT Members, $8 Non-members

CineCyle

129 Spadina Avenue down the alley

Mary Stark will perform her live cinema work, Film as Fabric, Lace and Thread at CineCycle, followed by a short artist talk about her project and process. Stark is a distinct film artist developing a project mixing textiles and analogue film, creating a beautiful and subtle body of work that plays with the relationship of fabric and film. Film as Fabric, Lace and Thread is the second iteration of a performance that she originally developed during through a 3 week residency at La Escocesa Studios in Barcelona. Stark will use the period of her September residency to create new footage for this performance, transforming textile patterns into moving images and optical sound. The performance on the 24th will showcase the results of her work on this project.

Mary Stark is an artist based at Rogue Studios in Manchester. Her practice is driven by enchantment with the sculptural material qualities of the filmstrip independent of the projector, and film projection as a site of delight, wonder and imagination. Mary is currently developing 16mm film performances deriving voices from fabric through optical sound seeking to create noisy feminist presence in experimental film. With a background in textiles, filmmaking and photography, her work encompasses sculptural objects, photographic prints, installation and performance. Recent shows include Mono No Aware exhibition of Expanded Cinema VI and VII in New York, an artist residency at La Escocesa Studios in Barcelona, a 16mm sculptural film loop performance for Video Jam at Manchester Art Gallery and a text based film performance in a makeshift darkroom at the Nordic Summer University Lab Night, Saurkrkur, Iceland.

Mary Stark's visit is made possible by public funding from the Canada Council for the Arts through their Visiting Foreign Artists program and by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design MIRIAD.