A Night of Ghostly Magic Lanterns with Dawn Elliott, Joel Schlemowitz, and Ronni Thomas
Date: Thursday, October 12, at 7 pm (Show beings at 7:15pm)
Cost: $20 Patreon Members / $25 General Admission
Location: Church of the Ascension, 127 Kent St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
An evening at the beautiful Church of the Ascension will conjure the spirits of pre-cinema with a unique performance of Elliot and Schlemowitz’s Phantasmagoria.
The event will begin with a short lecture on the historical roots of Fantasmagoria, followed by the film screening of Phantasmagories: The Dark Side of the Light by Ronni Thomas, introduced by the director himself. This short film presents the work of scholar Mervyn Heard exploring the Phantasmagoria shows of the 18th century, performances that utilized the new Magic Lantern technology to create moving ghost shows that invoked fear and panic in spectators.
The audience will then travel to 18th-century Paris with Elliot and Schlemowitz’s Phantasmagoria, an eerie and entertaining magic lantern show using hand-painted glass slides inspired by the original Fantasmagorie of Etienne-Gaspard Robertson. It will be an unearthly experience of projected imagery and arcane yet innovative visual effects.
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