Presented with
“What beauty there is in Mr. Farrington’s work. Like Dreyer’s film it is both luminous and cruel.” –
The New York TimesJan 27–Feb 6 Wednesday to Saturday only, 7pm & 9pmPacific TheatreMatinee Saturdays at 2pm
Artist talk with Reid Farrington and Stefan Smulovitz
(The Passion of Joan of Arc), led by Ron Reed Jan 27 at 7:45pm
Running Time 35m
Director
Reid Farrington Performer
Laura K. Nicoll*
(*please note cast change, Emily Watts is no longer performing)
Reid Farrington’s The Passion Project is an electrifying work that compresses the entirety of Carl Dreyer’s classic silent film The Passion Of Joan Of Arc into a 30-minute concentration of movement, projection, installation and sound collage. The audience surrounds a 10x10 foot area, flooded by four projectors, in which Laura K. Nicoll meticulously arranges and rearranges a number of parchment screens in a series of choreographed movements that explode the film into three dimensions. A transformative and dynamic sculpture takes form as the hanging canvases grab hold of the fleeting, flickering images.
“The Passion Project shouldn’t be watched, it should be entered into. After all, it is an act of devotion.” – Time Out, New York
The history of the 1928 film is almost as mythic as its subject matter. After the original negative was destroyed in a fire, the film was reconstructed using alternate takes. Miraculously, over five decades later, a complete print of the original cut was found in a Norwegian mental hospital closet. New York-based video artist Reid Farrington, formerly of the Wooster Group, uses recorded interviews and sound clips alongside different takes of the movie, in an archival film experiment that explores the fascinating history of this cinematic masterpiece.
Tickets $11/20/24
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Links
Visit Reid Farrington's website or read his bio
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