Sliding – Film screening and Q&A
Adam and Gillian are artists, writers and filmmakers. Sliding is a book and a film about their collection of discarded 35mm slides.
Book TicketsWhat to expect at this event
Gillian Jane Lees & Adam York Gregory.
Adam and Gillian are artists, writers and filmmakers. And when they are not doing that, they are collectors. Sliding is a book and a film about their collection of discarded 35mm slides. A must for art students and writers.
About Gillian, Adam and the film
Adam and Gillian specialise in durational performance, often involving multiples of the same object and moving slowly through time and space. When they are not doing that they are writers and film-makers. And when they are not doing that they are collectors.
“The reign of 35mm slides lasted between the mid 60s, precipitated by cheap travel package holidays, and reasonably priced film and development, and the mid-90s before the rise of digital imagery took over.
Millions of moments captured in 2-inch square frames. And what happened to those slides? Many were boxed up and placed in storage. Forgotten and lost. Finding their way to car-boot sales or just thrown out.
That’s where we came in. As conservators of the discarded memory. For us it is a hobby, a collection, and somewhat of a responsibility. We are archivists by default. We have a collection bordering on 5,000 slides form hundreds of different collections. Each one a portal into a past and an image resurrected every time it is illuminated. We would, given the opportunity, share them all with you, but for the sake of brevity and trees, we embarked upon a curatorial process.”
Post show book signing.
