Saturday 13th July – Sunday 14th July 2019, Saturday 7pm | Sunday 1pm til late
LUX, Waterlow Park Centre, Dartmouth Park Hill, London, N19 5JF
Free all weekend.
Saturday 13th July – Sunday 14th July 2019, Saturday 7pm | Sunday 1pm til late
LUX, Waterlow Park Centre, Dartmouth Park Hill, London, N19 5JF
Free all weekend.
Join Club des Femmes & LUX for a weekend of films, introductions, memories, a zine and an exhibition of ephemera and texts to celebrate the lives and work of queer feminist experimental artists Barbara Hammer and Carolee Schneemann.
With a career spanning fifty years, Barbara Hammer (1939-2019) is recognised as a pioneer of queer cinema. A visual artist working primarily in film and video, Hammer created a groundbreaking body of experimental work that illuminates lesbian histories, lives and representations. “My work makes these invisible bodies and histories visible. As a lesbian artist, I found little existing representation, so I put lesbian life on this blank screen, leaving a cultural record for future generations.”
Carolee Schneemann (1939-2019), a groundbreaking performance and multidisciplinary artist, used film and video since the 1960s. Shattering taboos and redefining the notion of the erotic, she confronted sexuality, gender, and the social construction of the female body.
With words and contributions from Gabriella Beckhurst, Caroline Bergvall, Stuart Comer, David Curtis, Helen de Witt, Karen di Franco, Philomena Epps, Matt Wolf, Beatrice Gibson, Alison Green, Laura Guy, Lucy Harris, So Mayer, Krystyna Mazur, Ara Osterweil, Lucy Reynolds, Selina Robertson, Ingrid Ryberg, Patrick Staff, Bryony White, Bev Zalcock.
Programme
SATURDAY 13 JULY, 7PM-9PM
Dyketactics (Barbara Hammer, 1974, 16mm, 4 min)
Fuses (Carolee Schneemann, 1967, 16mm, 25 min)
Plumb Line (Carolee Schneemann, 1968-1972, 16mm, 15 min)
Bent Time (Barbara Hammer, 1984, 16mm, 22 min)
SUNDAY 14 JULY, 1PM-9PM
1PM
Carolee, Barbara & Gunvor (Lynne Sachs, 2018, 8 and 16mm to HD, 8 min)
Audience (Barbara Hammer, 1982, 16mm to HD, 32 min)
3PM
Meat Joy (Carolee Schneemann, 1964/2010, 16mm to HD, 10 min)
4PM
Vever (for Barbara) (Deborah Stratman, 2019, HD, 12 min)
A Month of Single Frames (Lynne Sachs, 2019, 16mm to HD, 14 min)
6PM
Kitch’s Last Meal (Carolee Schneemann, 1973-76, 16mm to HD, composite, 54 min)
Evidentiary Bodies (Barbara Hammer, 2018, 3 channel HD video, 9 min)
8PM
Dyketactics (Barbara Hammer, 1974, 16mm, 4 min)
Fuses (Carolee Schneemann, 1967, 16mm, 25 min)
Please note that the times for Sunday are indicative.
It’s a free event with no reservation. We will do our best to accomodate everyone but please be aware that space in the screening room is limited.
With thanks to the estates of Barbara Hammer & Carolee Schneemann, EAI, Cinenova, Felicity Sparrow, Lynne Sachs, Deborah Stratman, Canyon, Mark Toscano & everyone else who has contributed ideas, enthusiasm and advice to the project.