To launch our summer exhibition at FACT, Bernie Lubell ‘A Theory of 
Entanglement’ , the artist discussed his work over breakfast in the 
Box. Bernie was joined by Marta Braun from Ryerson University, a 
specialist in early cinema photography and visual anthropology.

Bernie has exhibited internationally including Ars Electonica in 2007 
where he received the Award of Distinction for Interactive Art. ‘A 
Theory of Entanglement’ 19 June - 6 Sept 2009 formed part of FACT’s 
year-long UNsustainable programme, which debated the multiple issues 
currently facing the planet, as a response to Liverpool’s Year of the 
Environment.

Bernie takes particular inspiration from the work of French 
physiologist and chronophotographer Étienne-Jules Marey who was 
obsessed with understanding movement - and Marta Braun is superbly 
placed to provide an insight into Marey’s work. From horses and birds 
to human limbs and the heartbeat, Marey’s work was pioneering in 
cinematography, medical imaging, cardiology and aviation. After 
suffering cardio problems in 1995 Bernie adapted Marey’s pneumatic 
sensor technologies to explore the conflicted relationship we have 
with the machines we have become so dependent on.