Thursday 10 September 2015

Whitechapel Gallery - Autumn Films at the Whitechapel Gallery

Join us for Music for Museumsa season of live experimental music featuring works by ground-breaking composers and artists. Divided into six themes, from Fluxus to Electonica and Sonic Spaces, events are on Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons, with an accompanying programme of free film screenings. Book now
Autumn Film
Parviz Tanavoli: Poetry in Bronze
25 Sept, 3pm |  £9.50/£7.50
With a career spanning three continents and more than half a century, this documentary tells the story of how the artist was inspired to create his unique body of work. Film screening, followed by a Q&A between Parviz Tanavoli and writer, director and producer of the film, Terrence Turner.
Luke Fowler: All Divided Selves
1 Oct, 7pm | £9.50/£7.50
Film London Jarman Award-winner Luke Fowler's 16mm feature portrait of radical anti-psychiatrist R.D. Laing is introduced by John Foot, author of The Man Who Closed the Asylums, about Laing's Italian counterpart, Franco Basaglia.
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John Berger's Portraits: Art, Artists and History
15 Oct, 7pm |  £9.50/£7.50
Launching a major anthology of the celebrated author of Ways of Seeing, Berger's archivist Tom Overton presents a new collection of essays, alongside rarely seen film and television work by Berger and his collaborators.
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Dryden Goodwin: Unseen: The Lives of Looking
29 Oct, 7pm |  £9.50/£7.50
UK cinema premiere of artist Dryden Goodwin’s feature-length work: a profound essay about perception, identity and the creation of meaning. The film features the UK’s leading eye surgeon, planetary geologist and human rights solicitor. Includes a Q&A with the artist.
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A Life Beyond the Fac(t)s: Deleuze Now
31 Oct, 11.30am - 6pm |  £15.00/£12.50
Presented on the 20th anniversary of the influential philosopher's death, this all day event is an extended investigation of Deleuze's relationship to cinema and learning. Featuring readings, discussion and the essay film Facs of Life, presented by Silvia Maglioni andGraeme Thomson.
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