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PROJEXORCISM with an encore screening of Pieces, a short film by local filmmaker Jarrod Whaley

9:00 PM Thursday, July 8 @ LAMAR'S
1020 M.L. King Blvd. (Small cover charge, TBA)

PROJEXORCISM: Hickory, NC's own cinematic demonbusters will "projexorcise" the ballroom at Lamar's, and your eyeballs will never see evil again. Ed Cooper, one of the brains behind the show, describes his work thusly: "There are four 16mm projectors dangling from a light pole, controlled by a sound-actuated lighting controller and a live human. The audio from the projectors is fed thru an array of samplers and manipulated in real time. The projections pass thru a series of silver CD-Rs which act as mirrors and posess diffractive properties. The film itself changes from show to show - the content of the film is mostly educational, pushing up against a PG rating at times. It is an ambient-fueled electronica interactive art installation. At times I will walk away from the setup and let the projectors flicker, sizzle & shake on their own as the sound-actuation circuitry gets warmed up and the film spools on."

Come watch the frames flicker and listen to the sounds as they whirrrr!!!

OPENING THE SHOW:

Pieces: Just before PROJEXORCISM fires up its click-clacking projexorcizers, Chattanooga filmmaker Jarrod Whaley will present an encore screening of his new 28-minute black-and-white short film. If you missed the "Pieces of Precious Improv" event back in March, here's your chance to check this short out. Or come see it again! Pieces tells the story of a rather odd gathering of three friends who don't know why they're friends anymore. They spend their time playing a bizarre parlor game involving five dowel rods and a pair of dice. The musical score consists of some superb new music by Dennis Palmer and long-time Michigan collaborator, Frank Pahl. Running time is just under thirty minutes. See the film's trailer here. See some well-written and thoughtful criticism on some of Whaley's work from Alejandro Adams of BRAINTRUSTdv here.