Screening in the presence of the filmmaker
Simon Payne has been committed to making abstract cinema for twenty years. His videos are predominantly orientated around bold graphic forms and highly structured sequences that produce unexpected colour combinations and conflicting planes. Sometimes there are contingent elements in his work, which correspond with incidental indications of the artist’s hand, but his approach to cinema is primarily objective. The systems that underpin Simon Payne’s videos involve the entirety of the screen and every edge, while the effect of these systems often spill out of the screen, to illuminate the cinema in remarkable ways. This unique programme for Scratch Projections includes 16mm films by three friends and colleagues: Nicky Hamlyn, Neil Henderson and Jennifer Nightingale. Despite the difference in medium, there are several shared principles that span their work. Each of them sees explicit processes and time-based structures as the essence of cinema.
EDGES: WAVES
by Simon PAYNE 2018 / DCP / b&w / sound / 6' 00 |
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COLOUR BARS
by Simon PAYNE 2004 / DCP / color / silent / 8' 00 |
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NEW RATIO
by Simon PAYNE 2007 / DCP / color / sound / 1' 40 |
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IRIS OUT
by Simon PAYNE 2008 / DCP / color / sound / 10' 00 |
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CUT OUT
by Simon PAYNE 2013 / DCP / color / sound / 3' 33 |
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PRIMITIVE CINEMA
by Simon PAYNE 2015 / DCP / color / silent / 2' 00 |
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WEST WINDOW / EAST WINDOW
by Jennifer NIGHTINGALE 2013 / 16mm / color / silent / 10' 00 |
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MATRIX
by Nicky HAMLYN 1995 / 16mm / color / silent / 7' 00 |
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CANDLE
by Neil HENDERSON 2018 / 16mm / b&w / silent / 3' 00 |
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SET THEORY I-IV
by Simon PAYNE 2018 / DCP / color-b&w / sound and silent / 19' 00 |
address |
Luminor Hôtel de Ville 20 rue du Temple 75004 Paris France |
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metro | Hôtel de Ville (lines 1 & 11) / Châtelet (lines 1, 4, 7, 11 & 14) / Les Halles (RER A, B & D) |
tel | +33 (0)1 46 59 01 53 |
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Simon Payne's films in Light Cone's catalogue |
rates |
full rate: 9.50 € reduced rate: 7.50 € CIP rate: 5.00 € card Luminor 5 screenings: 31.00 € card Luminor 10 screenings: 54.00 € cards accepted: CIP, UGC Illimité, CinéPass, CICAE, CNC, Europa Cinéma, SACEM, Presse, carte permanente Luminor |