To celebrate the 50th anniversary of George A Romero’s landmark zombie film ‘Night of the Living Dead’ 1968, composer and artist Lawrence English has created a new audiovisual work titled ‘The Visitors’. Drawing on the film’s iconic imagery, English melds a montage of moving images with a distinctive live soundtrack.
This ticketed event will be followed by a free screening of the new 4K digital restoration of George A Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead’ at 7.30pm.
‘The Visitors’ is a 45 minute audio visual homage to Romero’s remarkable film. It is a mediation on the zombie as cultural phenomena. Using a series of the iconic zombie montages from the original film, each drawn out from a few seconds to minutes in length; the images on screen shift from objects of horror to a dreamlike light play. The faces and bodies of the undead become a focus of attention, something to be explored rather than shunned. Their on screen presence shifts from fear and disgust to a kind of glacial beauty. Matched with an embodied soundtrack of low frequency vibration and harmonic echoes, ‘The Visitors’ is a work that celebrates Romero’s criticism of modern systems of economy and power and recognises the role and value of the body as more than just flesh for consumption.
Schedule
6.00pm / Lawrence English’s The Visitors Ages 18+
7.30pm / Night of the Living Dead 1968 MA15+ | Free
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