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This isn’t your mother’s drive-in movie theater. For 16 days, the New York Hall of Science will host Empire Drive-In, a large-scale, multi-media collaboration with artists Todd Chandler and Jeff Stark that reflects on car culture, technological obsolescence, creative reuse and sensory-based nostalgia. Cinephiles will be able to sit inside — or atop — 60 cars salvaged from a Brooklyn junkyard and watch films on a 40-foot, outdoor screen made from discarded wood. The installation features a sound program about cars and manufacturing curated by Ann Heppermann and broadcast on low-power FM. Plus, all nightly programs begin with a slideshow of late industrial images by photographer Stephen Mallon.

Details: Empire Drive-In, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th Street, Corona, October 4th to 20th, open from 10 am to 5 pm, but only from 10 am to 2 pm on movie days, $15. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The film schedule includes the following: The End of the Road: Cars and Other Junk with Greg Saunier’s Casio Orchestra, Oct. 4, 7 pm to 11 pm; Bollywood Bash, Oct. 5, 7 pm to 11 pm; A Samuel Z. Arkoff Double Feature, Oct. 6, 7 pm to 10 pm; Animation Flip Out, Oct. 10, 6 pm to 9 pm; The Space Between: Public, Private, Borders, Edges, Oct. 11, 7 pm to 11 pm; Teenage Wasteland: Double Feature, Oct. 12, 7 pm to 11 pm; Spaceship Earth: Visions, Forecasts and the Future That Never Was, Oct. 13, 7 pm to 11 pm; Youth Media Night: New Films and Filmmakers, Oct. 16, 6 pm to 9 pm; Galactic Drive-In, Oct. 17, 7 pm to 10 pm; A Night at the Races, Oct. 18, 8 pm to 11 pm; Silents and Noise: Handmade Films with Live Scores, Oct. 19, 7 pm to 11 pm; American Made: Cars, Trucks and Working Machines, Oct. 20, 7 pm to 10 pm.

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Photos by Empire Drive-In


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