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THE PROJECTOR JAMS
THE FILM PRINT FLARES
THE IMAGE BURNS OUT ACROSS THE SCREEN.


In Film Uninvited Guests imagine the end of cinema - a time when the films have been lost or banned, the prints degraded, or burned. In a series of interviews in cinemas, people were asked to describe scenes from movies which stood out in their memories.

In a theatre space, part studio - part private cinema, Uninvited Guests restage the film shoots and produce a live edit/mix. Imagining members of a futuristic underground and illicit "film club", we use performance and technology to try to piece the movies back together from our fading memories and present a bastard theatre obsessed with the movies.

'Film continues an ambitious and intriguing project to map the condition and mood of the Real.'
(Simon Jones, Live Art Magazine, January 2001)

'Uninvited Guests' provocative live event Film was a sensational treatment of the New Media explosion.'
(South West Arts Newsletter)

There is a slideshow featuring the key scenes of Film.


Film has toured extensively in the UK and Europe. At the moment no more performances are scheduled, but please check tour dates and news for an update.

Film was commissioned by Arnolfini Live as part of their Breathing Space initiative and premiered on November 8th as part of the Now 2000 festival. In spring 2002 Film was shown in Madrid with the support of the British Council.