OXIDE (II) + (III)

Ben Gwilliam has been in residence at no.w.here since June as part of Sound and Music's Embedded residency programme.

Whilst at no.w.here Ben has been working with image and sound by staining rust on the film area prior to, and post film processing:

' Short lengths of unexposed film are laced with magnetically charged iron filings, and sprayed with salt-water. What results is visual staining and magnetic charging on both sides of the film surface. Furthering the initial experiments, expired film is used to encourage different results in the unstable state of the film emulsion and other found results. By considering the total image area as potential sound carrier, the films are subjected to contact printing many times over to build the image area and subsequent sound into a multi-layered piece, where the relation of sound and image are at first borne of the same process, but eventually they dislocate in the process of re-production. Sound grows in and out, image fades independently. The (rendered) sound is recorded to tape. It is in the moment of performance where the movement of film and sound can marry: the musicality of both is beyond the physicality of the medium and intent in the moment of experience, perhaps reliant on an improvisational response. Perhaps here listening imbues visuality and vice versa, the work itself is as variable as the moment.' Ben Gwilliam

The evening comprises a screening of OXIDE (II)+(III). A new film work made on the residency by  Ben, with two film & video works by Rob Gawthrop plus a collaborative performance, followed by a conversation between the two artists.