We, like many, are itching to once again enjoy the wide open spaces of projector performance, analog style, where the screen has no limits or edges, where audience and performer intermingle, where visual wonders unspool (or are spool-less), and where light surprises us with its many manifestations. Oxford University Press has just released Jonathan Walley’s Cinema Expanded: Avant-Garde Film in the Age of Intermedia, the first comprehensive account and major theoretical and historical revision of expanded cinema. We are excited that Iris Film Collective’s own Alex MacKenzie is featured in its pages, along with an incredible array of historical and contemporary film artists including Kerry Laitala, Sally Golding, and stalwarts Luis Recoder, Sandra Gibson, and Bruce McClure. And that’s just scratching the surface. At over 500 pages, the book is a remarkably detailed and deep account of the evolution of this art practice. Highly recommended. You can listen to a conversation between the author and Erika Balsom at Light Industry here, and order the book online at the usual spots. (Tip: the ebook version features colour pics!)
