Im / Possible Films

Mark Lewis works at the boundaries of the white cube and the black box, exploring the limits and the potentialities of cinema. He investigates, for example, standardized film conventions such as credits, end sequences and scenes between actions, as well as elementary film devices, including camera movements, zooms or pans. Starting with a deconstructionist perspective, Mark Lewis has developed his own formal language, reminiscent of early cinema in a post-conceptual age.This volume includes a portfolio by Mark Lewis, an interview with the artist, and a series of essays which draw on tools forged in the fields of art history, philosophy and film studies. The publication gives access, on the internet, to a selection of films of Mark Lewis, representative of his wide-ranging formal and conceptual approach, from his first « impossible » films to his later « possible » works. Films Two Impossible Films Smithfield Algonquin Park, Early March Children's Games, Heygate Estate Lawson Estate Churchyard Row Queens way : Pan and Zoom Isosceles 5262 Washington Boulevard Hendon F.C. Cold Morning Willesden Laundrette ; Reverse Dolly, Pan Right, Friday Prayers The Moving Image Little Tree Beirut Windy Day Texts François Bovier & Hamid Taieb, Im/Possible Films Christine Ross, An Aesthetics of Inhabitability Elie During, Turning Movements : Fragments on Mark Lewis Sylvain Portmann, Pace and Frame. Playing and Hunting with Mark Lewis Mark Lewis, Not Yet and No More « Camera as a Sentient Being », Interview with Mark Lewis