31 March - 28 May
Location: Gallery 2
Artist: Mark Lewis

FACT have commissioned Canadian artist Mark Lewis to make major new films which will be premiered in the galleries from 31 March to 28 May. The exhibtion investigates the idea of portraiture in film in relation to landscape images, and will be shown alongside a selection of Lewis' recent works, seen here for the very first time. In Lewis' trademark Hollywood slick style, it will combine footage of a desolate Canadian landscape, filmed with a disorienting technique that gives the impression that we are simultaneously moving in and out of the image. A filmed 'portrait' of the actress Molly Parker (who has appeared in Titanic, Wonderland and TV series' Deadwood and Six Feet Under) is superimposed in front of the landscape by the traditional method of rear projection - a technique commonly used in films up to the 1970s to shoot live action against a backdrop of seemingly moving images. To complement the exhibition, a programme of specially selected films that form the inspiration for the work will be screened in the cinema through April and May.