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Derek Jarman Electric Fairy, 1971 16 mm colour 6 minutes 30 seconds
Screening
Derek Jarman, Electric Fairy, 1971 | Images Disturbed by an Intense Parasite
31 Mar 2020 – 6 Apr 2020
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- Tue, 31 Mar
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wed, 01 Apr
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thu, 02 Apr
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Fri, 03 Apr
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sat, 04 Apr
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sun, 05 Apr
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Mon, 06 Apr
- 10:00 – 18:00
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- London
England - W1F 0SH
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Almost 20 years after programming the Video Project Space at 242 Cambridge Heath Road which ran from May 2001 – April 2002, Amanda Wilkinson announces the Video Project, Part II : Images Disturbed by an Intense Parasite.
One work will be presented on Vimeo each week.
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An introduction by James Mackay
Derek showed me Electric Fairy around the time when I first met him in the late 70s. We had to go and find a Steenbeck as it was 16mm so couldn’t view it at his flat. Derek got very excited about it, especially the part where the actor eats the caterpillar (which he wasn’t supposed to do). As there was only ever one print and the negative had succumbed to vinegar syndrome (i.e. become useless) the film was rarely screened. In fact I believe the next time that it was viewed was when I had it scanned in 2008. As a film it fits in precisely with the slightly later films on Super 8 – Miss Gaby, I’m Ready for My Close Up, At Low Tide, Tarot etc. It carries the influence of Derek’s friend and fellow artist Andrew Logan. As a first film, the improvised action, the carefully chosen props and the precise framing, sets the style and direction of Derek’s future works.
