Cinémathèque française: Ken Jacobs performance
Saturday, January 16th  2010, Salle Henri Langlois
51, rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France

Major artist of the experimental scene in New York, Ken Jacobs is the author of numerous films, including Tom Tom the Piper's Son, an exploration of a film from 1905, and the pamphlet on U.S. policy after the war, Star Spangled to Death.

Along with his movies, Ken Jacobs has created a significant number of performances under the banner of what he's called 'The Nervous System'. Ken Jacobs invents his own instruments and manipulates the projection during the performance. He creates rhythmic effects, getting a depth or relief never achieved before. His performances challenge traditional perceptions of time, space and image, disrupting and disorienting the viewer.

Ken Jacobs in the preamble to his performance will present a 3D movie made from images of one of the pioneers of cinema, Louis Aimé Augustin Leprince (1842-1890): Gift of Fire. Nineteen Obscure Frames That Changed The World.