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Light Show (of Sorts) 2

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"Light Show (of Sorts) 2" - Intermittently from Friday, August 25, 2000 through 'til July 4, 2003, I projected a total of 10 multiple-projector light shows from the projection booth in the theater of the Andy Warhol Museum. Sometimes the performers requested specific films from the Warhol ouevre, usually I projected my own work in addition to whatever was requested. In those years I biked the 3.5 miles to work over hilly terrain with as much as 25 pounds of gear & movies on my back. I combined my gear with what was available in the booth to create some fairly innovative & complex projections. All this was done without credit, I was paid something like $25. I might've stopped when I decided that it was time for me to be paid better. This particular light show was on Friday, September 1, 2000, & was for 2 bands whose names I, unfortunately, didn't document. A slightly edited version of my "Mere Outline" description of this night is as follows: "I was asked, as a part of my job as a Warhol Museum projectionist, to show a Warhol film as background to an evening of bands in the theater. I came prepared w/ a VHS camcorder, slides, & scrap 35mm film. I used 2 16mm projectors, 2 35mm proje…

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tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

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light shows, multiple projections, tENTATIVELY a cONVENIENCE

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