Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society is pleased to announce the tenure of interdisciplinary artist Amy Lynn Kazymerchyk as its inaugural LAIR (Local Artist in Residence) program during Fall/Winter 2010. Over the course of her residency, Kazymerchyk will transform Cineworks’ Annex space into the Laboratory of Intrinsic Fragility and Inevitable Decay.  An archive of Super-8 film documenting demolished Vancouver landmarks will be hand-processed at the Cineworks Annex, then subjected to various processes of intentional chemical, mechanical and optical decay. Through these processes, the artist will investigate the ephemeral qualities shared by celluloid and the urban environment.  The LAIR Residency at Cineworks will culminate with the exhibition of Kazymerchyk’s findings, as well as a critical publication. Kazymerchyk will be working in the Annex space from Sept.-Dec. 2010.  The laboratory will be open three days a week (Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays) by appointment for public visits.  To make an appointment to view Kazymerchyk’s work with film, please contact Cineworks Programs Manager and Curator Jennifer Cane.

 Amy Lynn Kazymerchyk is a filmmaker and curator.  She is the Events & Exhibitions Coordinator/ Curator at VIVO Media Arts Centre and Programmer of DIM Cinema at the Pacific Cinémathèque. She is currently making a film, To: Hope, From Here, and is engaged in the first LAIR Residency at Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society titled the Laboratory of Intrinsic Fragility and Inevitable Decay. Both of these projects expand on her observations and ideas about identity, belonging and meaning in the post-modern urban landscape, informed by the dramatic transformation of Vancouver in the five years leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympics. 

 The LAIR (Local Artist in Residence) program is supported by Cineworks, The City of Vancouver Artistic Residencies Program and LIFT (Toronto). If you would like more information about upcoming Cineworks events, visit www.cineworks.ca, call Programs Manager and Curator Jennifer Cane at 604.685.3841 or email programs (at) cineworks.ca