Belgian Premiere of Lewis Klahr’s ‘Engram Sepals’ (1994-2000) @ Trajector Art Fair

Screening Programme. Sunday 1 May 2011 –commences at 14:00.

Trajector presents a screening of master collagist Lewis Klahr’s lauded seven-film cycle Engram Sepals, curated by Rebecca Collins. Conceived as a history or American intoxication, the films use cut-out animation and music to transport viewers into the world of the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. Images of stylish heroines and fetishized material goods merge and interact in film noir landscapes and fashionable interiors. These works evoke bygone eras not through text or action, but through familiar products, clothing and other desirable objects. Thus these tapestries reveal to us just how fashion and material obsession can dominate our memories and epitomize a time, place or feeling.

Lewis Klahr has been making films since the 70s and is ranked by Film Comment as the 4th most important avant-garde filmmaker of this decade. He has been screened extensively in the United States and Europe, including twice at the Whitney Biennial and for the past 3 years at the New York Film festival. He received a fellowship from the Guggenheim in
1992 and a special citation for experimental work from the National Society of Film Critics in 1994 for his epic film The Pharoah’s Belt (1993). He is currently a faculty member at CalArts.

In October 2010 his film cycle Engram Sepals had a special screening at the Tate Modern in association with the BFI London film festival, curated by Mark Webber.

Trajector Art Fair is an initiative by Hotel Bloom! and Centrifugal Projects that will take place on 30 April & 1 May 2011, coinciding and collaborating with Art Brussels.

Ticket holders to the fair (5/3 euros) will have access to the programme without additional charge. However, because spaces at limited, those wishing to reverse seats are advised to email
info@trajectorartfair.org in advance.

More info- http://www.trajectorartfair.org/pdf/tautPR150311.pdf