It’s fascinating that as things decay they tend to shed their function and reveal their form, e.g. body to skeleton. Screen panels, once white and seamless, become as encrusted as an underwater shipwreck. Wanted to do with this drive-in what the painter Ivan Albright is famous for having done with doors, objects, and people.

detail of ruined drive-in screen with UFO behind, flashing beams of light through holes in screen
Nightscape (detail of screen and UFO)
© 1986 Warren Farr
oil on canvas panel, image 14”h x 18”w, N1
private collection

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