Events

ONE WORK | Mark Lyken, '1300 SHOTS'

Part of ONE WORK

24 June 2021
7:30pm

Online

Two white people sit beside one another in a cinema, looking up at the screen. On the left handmade a man wears a dark hat and a white t-shirt, his hand brushing the neck of his top. On the right, a woman with blonde straight hair with a fringe gazes upwards.
Mark Lyken, 1300 SHOTS, 2020. Courtesy of the artist.

For the next online event in the ONE ARTIST | ONE WORK series, Mark Lyken will discuss his work, 1300 SHOTS (2020).

1300 SHOTS takes the form of a single-take portrait film that returns two ex-patrons of Dundee cinema The Steps’ to their favourite seats, 20 years after the cinema was decommissioned, to observe them watching one last film.

1300 SHOTS can be viewed for free online for the month of June here, with captions by Matchbox Cineclub.

Supported by Creative Scotland, University of St Andrews Department of Film Studies, Live Borders, Dumfries & Galloway Council, Dundee Local History Centre and Leisure & Culture Dundee.

ONE ARTIST | ONE WORK is a series of online events established in response to the first lockdown in March 2020. Focusing closely on a single work, these generous discussions provided an opportunity for an artist based in Scotland to present a recent work and talk through how the work came into being. These events have since developed into a more substantial part of our programme, and now include a month-long online screening and a specially commissioned written response that will be published on the LUX Scotland website. The series now provides an opportunity to think more deeply about the work and provide a record of the discussion events.

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Image description: two white people sit beside one another in a cinema, looking up at the screen. On the left handmade a man wears a dark hat and a white t‑shirt, his hand brushing the neck of his top. On the right, a woman with blonde straight hair with a fringe gazes upwards.

Mark Lyken

Mark Lyken is a pseudonym that stuck. He is a filmmaker, and sound artist, living in rural Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He uses portrait filmmaking and composed sound to make slowly unfolding works that focus on identity and place. These contemplative works often draw attention to micro-narratives and small gestures that can go unnoticed in the day-to-day. Lyken’s work has been presented in Brazil, India, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Taiwan, Korea and widely across the UK. A selection of his films are distributed by The Film-Makers’ Cooperative and his sound works are released by small independent labels.

Part of ONE WORK

ONE WORK is a series of online events that focus closely on a single work. These generous discussions provide an opportunity for an artist to present a recent work and talk through how the work came into being. Each work is available as a month-long online screening, followed by a specially commissioned written response that serves as documentation of both the work and the discussion.

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