Bruce McClure will present a projection
performance for the Visiting Artist Lecture Series this Thursday, Oct. 25th
taking place at 7pm in HFA 111 Studio
One (the Alta Hamm Fine Arts Building; UNLV Dance Department).
“Bruce
McClure doesn’t make films, he performs them... Twirling knobs, flipping
switches, and adjusting lenses, he coaxes a bank of whirring projectors into
producing images impossible to record” The Brooklyn Rail.
The New York based performer graduated with a
degree in Architecture in 1985 and worked as a residential Architecture for
over two decades, becoming interested in cinematic performance pursuits in
1994 (Source). The Walker Art Center describes McClure’s 2009 projector performance as a
“totally sensory experience […] informed by the way the brain reacts to light
and sound. Using an array of modified 16mm projectors, film loops, and guitar
pedals, his work challenges cinematic conventions. Film loops patterned with
patches of emulsion on a translucent base are combined with an optical
soundtrack to create a physically intense adventure.” McClure has
performed in numerous venues within the U.S. including the Walker Art Center
and Whitney Biennale; as well internationally in Canada, Europe, UK, and Australia.
Projection performance includes loud volume; earplugs are strongly advised.
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