Louis Ghost Chair

Louis Ghost Chair, a new film by Simon Martin, premieres at Bath’s Holburne Museum from 21 January to 15 April 2012.

This ambitious new work has been jointly commissioned by the Holburne Museum and Film and Video Umbrella.

The film continues a line of subtle and engaging works by Simon Martin which reflect on particular moments and directions in art and design history.

The iconic object at the heart of this short, seventeen minute, film is the classic design of the Louis XV armchair. The film considers the chair’s contemporary afterlife in the form of Philippe Starck’s updated ‘Louis Ghost Chair’. From antique period-piece to modern-day style accessory, the chair’s transition from wood to plastic, from artisan workshop to high-tech assembly line is illuminated with commentary, spoken by a young female actor.