Afterimage Revisited: Imagining October (Derek Jarman, 1984) + Wittgenstein (Jarman, 1993)
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square
Afterimage Revisited
BIMI celebrates during 2024 the radical British film journal Afterimage, which ran from 1970 to 1987, with a selection of its contents now available in The Afterimage Reader, published by Mark Webber's Visible Press. Afterimage was launched amid an explosion of radical and experimental cinema, which included revolutionary new work from Latin America as well as avant-garde films from artists and co-ops on both sides of the Atlantic. Its subsequent path through many kinds of avant-garde cinema would include rediscovering early film as an inspiration for contemporary filmmakers, original writing by Peter Wollen and Laura Mulvey, Noel Burch and Michael O'Pray, and the celebration of filmmakers ranging from Hollis Frampton, Yvonne Rainer and Michael Snow to Raul Ruiz, Derek Jarman, Jan Svankmajer and the Quay brothers. These screenings revisit some of Afterimage's enthusiasms and inspirations.
The Afterimage Reader will be available at the screening for £20, a discount of £5 on the standard price.
Imagining October (Derek Jarman, 1984) + Wittgenstein (Jarman, 1993)
A visit to the USSR in 1983, in the company of Sally Potter, Peter Wollen and others, led Jarman to compare Soviet censorship with Thatcherite repression in a passionate little-seen work. A decade later, Wittgenstein would be his last feature, a witty and original exploration of the philosopher's ideas with an all-star cast of friends, from a script by Terry Eagleton. Guests to be announced.
Contact name:
Matthew Barrington