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The Nervous System is the name given by Jacobs to the live projection setup that he developed and used for performances from 1975 to 2000. It consists of two identical motion-picture film prints on two 16mm analytic or 35mm filmstrip projectors capable of advancing one frame at a time and freezing single images on screen.
Among Jacobs’ most important inventions is his Nervous Magic Lantern, a mysterious and mesmerizing performance of light and shadow that returns to cinema’s most essential roots, and which he evocatively describes as “cinema without film or electronics.”
During most of his years at SUNY, Jacobs concentrated on performances of the Nervous System, a movable three-dimensional projection apparatus, by means of which he “discovered” dazzling wonders hidden in fragments of old films.
Distinguished filmmaker Ken Jacobs will present the British premiere performances of the Nervous System, an innovative live projection technique that he has been developing since the mid-1970s. These works will use two adapted 35mm filmstrip projectors containing identical sections of film.
Pioneering experimental filmmaker Jacobs’s various paracinematic performances, which include shadowplay as well as his Nervous Magic Lantern and Nervous System pieces, share many qualities with the light show.
With his “Nervous System” projects, Jacobs created the 3-D parallax effects right in front of an audience, using two frame-motion projectors and a spinning shutter to provoke depth and movement from otherwise still images.
Cinematic pioneer Ken Jacobs will give twelve live performances of his unique work at The Museum of Modern Art. The series, THE KEN JACOBS NERVOUS SYSTEM, will run on consecutive weekends: September 20-22 and 27-29. For more than forty years, film artist Ken Jacobs has explored the cinematic experience in unfailingly innovative ways.
