Event detail
Screening: Art and Activism -
This weekend of film screenings presents a rare opportunity to see performance and experimental film work of key individuals and art collectives who explore the intersections of art and activism.
Saturday:
CONJURING SELVES
Takahiko Iimura, Performance / Myself (Or Video Identity) (1972-1995), DumbType S/N (1995), Cho Yukio, Pandemic (2010) - First UK screening, Yutaka Tsuchiya, Identity? (1993), Mayumi Kimura, Amnesian (2004)
RADICAL ACTION REPLAYED
Motoharu Jonouchi Document 6.15 (1961), Shinjuku Station (1974) & Tatsumi Hijikata (1967); Tatsumi Hijikata Summer Storm (2010) - First UK screening, Takahiko Iimura, Fluxus Replayed (1991)
Sunday:
CONTESTED HISTORIES
Soni Kum, Beast of Me (2005) & Foreign Sky (2005) - First UK screenings, Chikako Yamashiro: Okinawa Tourist (2004), Seaweed Woman (2008) & Your Voice Came Out Through My Throat (2009) - First UK screenings
ART, ACTION, ACTIVISM
“Louder than Bombs”: Art, Action & Activism, 7 Weeks, 7 Residencies, 7 Ways to Activate Change (2010) – Steven Levon Ounanian & Thomas Thwaites / Áine Phillips / Sean Burn / Ansuman Biswas / Stacy Makishi & Yoshiko Shimada / Prick Your Finger / the vacuum cleaner - a co-curated live art season by David Falkner, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University and Lois Keidan, Live Art Development Agency (LADA) (supported by Arts Council England and British Council)
The Lost Runway Kyoto (2010), collaboration between performance artist Áine Phillips and film-maker Rachel Davies - First UK screening (supported by Culture Ireland, Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Japan Foundation)
This screening has been curated by Fran Lloyd and Eliza Tan, with special thanks to the participating artists, Stephen Barber and Julian Ross.
Daily screenings from 11am – 4pm in the Project Space throughout the weekend, no booking necessary
http://www.pumphousegallery.org.uk/events/allevents/screening-art-and-activism
