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Atopia is pleased to present a new work by Guy Sherwin on the Vitrine.

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Guy Sherwin will give a presentation of his work during the opening.

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“Taking material from an unrealized film that I’d shot in 1973, featuring a London railway station, I have reworked it for the four screens of Atopia’s Vitrine. Each screen shows the same framing of the station platform, but the time is different. We see trains pulling in, passengers getting off, workmen walking by. The film plays on our desire to unify the disrupted space of the platform and to make continuous the various events that pass through it.”

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Guy Sherwin studied painting at Chelsea School of Art in the late 1960s and taught film printing and processing at the London Film-Makers’ Co-op (now LUX) during the mid-70s. His films investigate fundamental qualities of cinema such as light and time, and often use serial forms or live elements to extend the possibilities.

Recent works, made in collaboration with artist Lynn Loo, include performances that use multiple projectors and optical sound (sounds made from light) in conjunction with improvised music. These have toured to venues in Europe, US, Asia, and Australia.

He has produced two dvd/books of his works: Guy Sherwin: Optical Sound Films 1971-2007 pub. LUX 2007 and Messages pub. LUX 2010.

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The work will be on display everyday from 14:00 to the next morning on Atopia’s Vitrine.