Since its advent, electricity has metaphorically and physically illuminated mankind. The Electric Lab film program casts a critical glance into the history of electricity with five films that explore its aesthetic, scientific and sociological relevance. One film will be played each day over the course of the exhibition.

	TUESDAYS The Future is Not What it Used to Be 2004, 52 minutes A profile of Erkki Kurenniemi, an early inventor of electronic synthesizers and microcomputers, whose career represents a surprisingly natural blend of music, film, computers, robotics, science and art. Courtesy of Icarus Films.   Director: Mika Taanila
	WEDNESDAYS Frankenstein 1931, 71 minutes    The classic Boris Karloff film about an obsessed scientist who assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses and the spark of electricity.   Director: James Whale
	THURSDAYS Electric Edwardians 2006, 85 minutes    Originally aired as part of a British TV series about British Primitives. Filmed between 1900-13 by Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon for traveling cinema tours, this recently unearthed silent footage provides a haunting glimpse into life during Britain’s Victorian Industrial Age.    Director: Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon
	FRIDAYS Electric Dragon 80,000 Volts 2001, 55 minutes    A black and white Japanese film with an industrial/punk soundtrack about a supercharged reptile investigator, Dragon Eye Morrison, who battles the evil Thunderbolt Buddha in an electrified rock 'n' roll battle for the supremacy of Tokyo.   Director: Sogo Ishii
	SATURDAYS Tesla: Master of Lightning 2000, 90 minutes    A documentary about this forgotten genius and his revolutionary inventions.    PBS