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Tag: Film

Rosanne Robertson’s Subterrane at Maximillian William

20th December 202128th December 2021  Catherine Howe

Rosanne Robertson’s Subterrane uses both the ruggedness and fluidity of the West Cornish coastline to celebrate the beauty of queer bodies and gender non-conformity, writes Catherine Howe.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: art, atomatism, Catherine Howe, Cornwall, drawing, Film, Ithell Colquhon, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA+, Maximillian William, painting, Queer Art, queer identities, Rosanne Robertson, sculpture, Sea, Subterrane, Surrealism, trans identities, water

Julian Henriques’ Babymother: A Black feminist triumph of a film

15th September 202115th September 2021  Emma Korantema Hanson

Emma Hanson reviews Julian Henriques’ 1998 musical film, Babymother, and considers the reality of single Black motherhood against its often prejudiced on- and off-screen representation.

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Posted in Arts, Film and Media, MusicTagged: Anjela Lauren Smith, Babymother, bashment, BFI, Black Motherhood, black women, Caroline Chikezie, dancehall, Don Warrington, drum n' bass, Emma Hanson, Film, Julian Henriques, Motherhood, musical, Parminder Vir, ragga, reggae, Superflex, Tameka Empson, Wil Johnson

‘I dream of impossible objects’: Peter Wollen’s Friendship’s Death and the rise of the female android

6th July 20217th July 2021  Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

In this short essay, Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou considers the politics of automata and gender in Peter Wollen’s re-released film, Friendship’s Death.

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Posted in Arts, Film and MediaTagged: Alex Garland, BFI, Bill Paterson, British Film Institute, DVD, Ex Machina, Film, Friendship's Death, Laura Mulvey, Palestine, Peter Wollen, robots, Sci-fi, Speculative literature, Spike Jonze, Tilda Swinton

Midwinter with Margaret Tait: Readings of Personae

16th April 202116th April 2021  Lucy Writers

On the anniversary of the death of writer and filmmaker Margaret Tait, we celebrate her life’s work with a recording of our event Midwinter with Margaret Tait, a book launch in collaboration with LUX London and So Mayer, which featured special guest speakers Sarah Neely, Lottie Whalen, Pema Monaghan and Alison Miller.

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Posted in Arts, Books, Film and MediaTagged: Alison Miller, Benjamin Cook, Faith Ringgold, Film, Gees Bend Quilting, Lottie Whalen, LUX, LUX London, LUX Scotland, Margaret Tait, Midwinter with Margaret Tait, Nina Mingya Powles, Orkney, Pema Monaghan, Personae, quilting, Sarah Neely, self-publishing, So Mayer, Takeaway Press

In conversation with award-winning novelist Niven Govinden: ‘I believe in the autonomy of the people that I write’

30th March 20219th June 2021  Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie

Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie talks to award-winning author Niven Govinden about his latest book Diary of a Film, the power and freedom of walking, the importance of the cinematic lens to his writing and assertive characters.

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Posted in Arts, Books, InterviewsTagged: All The Days and Nights, author, Basquiat, Dialogue Books, Diary of a Film, Feminism, Film, Gender, Laura Mulvey, Masculinity, Niven Govinden, Queer Art, queer literature, This Brutal House

It All Comes Down at the Barbican

10th March 202110th March 2021  Rochelle Roberts

Bringing together thirteen emerging artists between the ages of 16-25, the Barbican’s latest exhibition, It All Comes Down, explores how young people navigate the world and approach their artistic practise during the pandemic.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Annie Lee, Arabella Turner, art, Barbican, Barbican Centre, Becca Lynes, Dada, Defne Ozdenoren, Film, Jordan Robertson, Lay Stevens, Lockdown, Molly Morphew, Photography, Rebecca Cromwell, Rochelle Roberts, Safiye Grey, Sam Ahern, Sneha Alexander, Surrealism, Vangelis Trichias, Young Visual Arts Group

Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden – a ‘skin to eye’ portrait of queer love, cinema and la dolce vita

23rd February 2021  Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie

Niven Govinden’s latest novel, Diary of a Film, is a love letter to the art of cinema, a sensuous portrayal of the relationships occurring behind the camera as well as on-screen.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: cinema, Dialogue Books, Diary of a Film, Federico Fellini, Film, Krzysztof Zanussi, La Dolce Vita, Niven Govinden, Novel, queer love, The Folded Leaf, The Structure of Crystal, This Brutal House, William Maxwell

‘Dance – Alone – Together: Relational Presence in Post-Proximity Days’ by Georgia Gardner

17th February 20214th March 2021  Georgia Gardner

In her film, artist Georgia Gardner reflects on her experience of learning and participating in movement workshops via Zoom, and how the transition from physical space to a virtual one creates new selves and connections.

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Posted in Arts, Dance, Film and MediaTagged: Artist, choreographer, connection, Dance, dancer, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, Film, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, Georgia Gardner, home, Lockdown Living, movement, Pandemic, studio, vimeo, yoga, Zoom

Homemade: DIY Film-making in a Post-Pandemic World

12th October 202012th October 2020  Mavra Bari

Homemade sees 17 acclaimed and upcoming filmmakers from around the world respond to the pandemic and quarantine experience during the first few months of lockdown.

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Posted in Arts, Film and MediaTagged: Covid-19, Film, Gurinder Chadha, Johnny Ma, Lockdown Living, netflix, Pablo Larrain, Pandemic, quarantine, Rachel Morrison, Rungano Nyoni

The Dinner Party Reloaded 1: The Artists

19th July 20201st September 2020  Susanna Crossman

In the first of her self-conceived series, The Dinner Party Reloaded, a virtual dinner party with selected artists and writers, Susanna Crossman meets Chiara Ambrosio, Lottie Whalen and Jemima Yong to discuss their creative projects, the looseness of time in lockdown, contact and intimacy in our increasingly digital age and the joys of chickpea stew.

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Posted in Art and design, Arts, InterviewsTagged: Chiara Ambrosio, Covid-19, Decorating Dissidence, Film, Jemima Yong, Lockdown Living, Lottie Whalen, Pandemic, Photography, Susanna Crossman, The Dinner Party Reloaded, Women in the Arts

Nam June Paik: The Modern Shaman of the Multimedia World

2nd February 20203rd February 2020  Christina Makri

A pioneer of video art and a foreseer of communication in the age of the internet, visionary artist Nam June Paik is celebrated in Tate Modern’s latest exhibition.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Film, Fluxus, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Tate, Tate Modern, The Beatles, Video Art

On Unwavering Faith in Systems: Has the Sun Set on Procedurals?

27th August 201927th August 2019  Olivia Scott-Berry

I’ve found comfort in procedurals including State of Play, Spotlight, Miss Sloane and Denial, but now I’m moved by doubts about how they fit into an increasingly extreme political climate, writes our arts contributor Olivia Scott-Berry.

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Posted in Arts, Film and MediaTagged: Denial, Film, investigation, Line of Duty, Miss Sloane, Politics, procedural, Spotlight, State of Play, The West Wing, Wind River

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