In March 2014, Kevin Jerome Everson and his crew spent three days shooting in a Mechanicsville, Virginia factory that produces all the components needed to build bowling alleys. The resulting work consists of a full shift, eight hours worth of documentation, of the numerous and different tasks performed by the working-class staff of the facility every day. Everson selected 35 from the hundreds of employees to record. The extended duration of Park Lanes allows us the time to pay close attention

to each of the subjects as they work, creating respectful extended portraits of the heterogeneous staff.

The factory assembles a wide variety of parts, from small motors and moving components to the lanes themselves. Over the course of the eight hours our atten- tion is held by the diverse activities and the focused expertise of the workers. Framed by Eversons signature hand held camera, the physicality of the cinematography adds another layer of labour to the piece, while the sundry components reveal their sculptural qualities in this singularly ambitious and elegant work.

Co-presented by Mayworks Festival