Mark Lewis - Nowhere Land
Director Reinhard Wulf
Countries Germany
Duration 83 min
Synopsis
Usually projected as a loop, Mark Lewis’ short and usually silent films – most of them shot in London and Toronto – show generic urban areas and modernist architecture. At the same time they explore basic cinematic means like pan, zoom, tilt and most recently rear projection techniques in fundamental and sophisticated ways. Mark Lewis, born 1957 in Hamilton, CA, lives in London (UK). In the 1980s he studied with Victor Burgin and worked with Laura Mulvey. He represented CA at the 2009 Venice Biennale. The documentary accompanies the artist when shooting his most recent film „Mid Day Mid Summer, Corner of Yonge and Dundas“ at a four-way crossing in the center of Toronto. While returning to places in the city and the breathtaking landscape of Algonquin Park where he shot some of his previous films, Mark Lewis talks eloquently about his interest in architecture, his fascination for non-places, his working methods and his convictions as an artist and a filmmaker.
Usually projected as a loop, Mark Lewis’ short and usually silent films – most of them shot in London and Toronto – show generic urban areas and modernist architecture. At the same time they explore basic cinematic means like pan, zoom, tilt and most recently rear projection techniques in fundamental and sophisticated ways. Mark Lewis, born 1957 in Hamilton, CA, lives in London (UK). In the 1980s he studied with Victor Burgin and worked with Laura Mulvey. He represented CA at the 2009 Venice Biennale. The documentary accompanies the artist when shooting his most recent film „Mid Day Mid Summer, Corner of Yonge and Dundas“ at a four-way crossing in the center of Toronto. While returning to places in the city and the breathtaking landscape of Algonquin Park where he shot some of his previous films, Mark Lewis talks eloquently about his interest in architecture, his fascination for non-places, his working methods and his convictions as an artist and a filmmaker.