Derek Jenkins
Thursday, October 9th | 7–9PM
Factory Media Centre (366 Victoria Ave. N, Hamilton ON)
The Loop Cave by Derek Jenkins is a vast participatory environment of moving images at Factory Media Centre. Comprising selections from his collection of archival films, ten analog projectors will loop clips at multiple angles, sizes, and lengths. Part performance, part happening—visitors will be immersed in a cavern of mechanically produced images while participating in the generation of loops over the course of the evening, as well transforming the projected images through various physical interventions.
About the Artist
Derek Jenkins is a motion picture photographer whose practice is handmade, personal, and documentary—sometimes all at once. His films have been exhibited at festivals, museums, and galleries, including DocLisboa, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, McMaster Museum of Art, Antimatter Film Festival, the8fest, FRACTO Experimental Film Encounter, Media City Film Festival, Mimesis Documentary Festival, non-syntax Experimental Image Festival, Microscope Gallery, and Prismatic Ground, among many others. He has two decades of experience as an arts and cultural worker. Previously a manager and technician at Niagara Custom Lab, he is Executive Director of Hamilton Artists Inc. and board chair at the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. His work is rooted in the DIY ethic of alternative film cultures, with skill-sharing and accessibility at the forefront.
About Factory Media Centre
Factory Media Centre is Hamilton’s not-for-profit artist-driven resource centre for film, video, new media, installation, sound art, and other multimedia art forms. Our mission is to develop and support a vibrant, sustainable, creative, and diverse community of Members and non-Members within Hamilton and its surrounding region.
The Loop Cave is made possible through the generous support of the City of Hamilton’s City Enrichment Fund (CEF).
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