Gibson + Recoder: The Changeover System

The acclaimed collaborative artist duo Gibson + Recoder present the Los Angeles premiere of their most recent expanded cinema project, The Changeover System: A Projection Performance Installation (2023–2025). An ambitious live multi-projection based on Gibson + Recoder’s 20 years of experimentation with the projection of 35mm celluloid, The Changeover System repurposes film projectors from within the concealed projection booth in a practice they refer to as “prepared projection,” calling attention to the creative agency of the screening room itself.

The Changeover System was developed in close collaboration with sound artist Richard Garet. Whereas Gibson + Recoder disappear into the projection booth, Garet performs within the theater, amidst the audience, using amplified EMF emissions, modified audiocassettes, malfunctioning tape players, interactive circuit boards, sonification of light, and computer processing.