b. 1951, United Kingdom
Steve Farrer (b.1951, Manchester) is a visual artist and experimental filmmaker. After working in the ‘dye stuff’ section of ICI, Manchester, he studied at North East London Polytechnic and Royal College of Art, London. He was London Filmmakers’ Co-op workshop organiser and cinema organiser in the late 1970s. Inventor of The Machine, a shutterless spinning film camera/projector, many of his installations similarly rely upon hand-crafted technology to deconstruct the spectacle of cinema. Notable presentations of his work include: ‘…fellow travellers’, Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2020; De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, (2016); ‘Film in Space’, curated by Guy Sherwin, Camden Art Centre, London, 2013; ’One More Time’, London Metropolitan University, London, 2011; ‘Expanded Cinema’ Tate Modern, London, 2009.