Charlie+Allan

Charlie Allan creates abstract experimental films by directly affecting found 16mm film footage. By scratching and painting into each frame of the celluloid he induces new meaning to the often-dated footage. The process of projection is fundamental to Allan’s practice. When exhibiting the moving images, he designs and builds “sculptural objects” to project them onto. Inspired by industrial pallets, these linear structures are used as a device to further distort and manipulate the flurry of recycled images and also to maintain control over the his drawings in their metaphysical state. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Central Lancashire, graduating in June 2009 with First Class BA Honours in Fine Art