THE GIRL WITH X-RAY EYES An artist’s film by Phillip Warnell Screening at Warwick Arts Centre 8 May 2008, 6 – 8pm Tickets: £7.50 (£5 concs.) and then at: NFT3, BFI Southbank, London 4 June 2008 6.10pm Tickets: £5 (£4 concs.) Natasha Demkina is known internationally as The Girl with X-ray Eyes. A Russian medical student, she is purported to have the ability to look directly inside bodies. Using a form of supplementary vision or second sight, she produces detailed medical diagnoses. Last summer, artist Phillip Warnell went to Moscow and offered up his own body as the subject for Natasha’s scrutiny before a series of witnesses. The resulting 23 minute artist’s film reveals his extraordinary encounter with The Girl with X-ray Eyes. It will be screened at Warwick Arts Centre this May then at London ’s BFI Southbank in June. Introducing ideas on the negotiated use of filmic space, the project is concerned with the direct act of looking; how looking and seeing can indeed become a veritable act. Charting the process through which Natasha scans the body, producing a verbal report on her findings, the film also questions the role and status of the artist, drawing attention to ulterior motives and furtive, discreet forms of communication. The film is accompanied by a specially commissioned soundtrack from Russian composer Vladimir Nikolaev, featuring the use of the Theremin, a non-contact Russian musical instrument, the history of which is intrinsically linked to that of espionage and immaterial phenomena - music from the ether. Listings details: (both include live Theremin accompaniment) 8 May 2008 6 – 8pm Warwick Arts Centre Cinema University of Warwick Coventry, CV4 7AL. Tel: 024 7652 4524 www.warwickartscentre.co.uk Tickets: £7.50, £5 concs. 4 June 6.10pm, NFT3