Thanks Alan Will try to see this - sounds good! dave On 1 February 2016 at 03:42, Alan Sondheim <sondh...@panix.com> wrote:
> > Hi - > > I want to recommend the gallery show, The Inoperative Community, in > London; it's remarkable. I know some of the people involved in it, as well > as some of the work, and I think it's very relevant to Netbehaviour; it > resonates well with the We Are Not Alone exhibition, for example. Do check > it out if you have the opportunity; it closes 2/14/16. > > Thanks greatly, > > Alan > > > Raven Row > 56 Artillery Lane > London E1 7LS > T +44 (0)20 7377 4300 > i...@ravenrow.org > > Wednesday to Sunday > > 11am7pm > > The Inoperative Community > 3 December 2015 - 14 February 2016 > > Serge Bard, Eric Baudelaire, Ericka Beckman, Cinema Action, Patrick Deval, > Lav Diaz, Mati Diop, Stephen Dwoskin, Luke Fowler, Jean-Luc Godard, > Jean-Pierre Gorin, Johan Grimonprez, Marc Karlin, Stuart Marshall, > Anne-Marie Miville, Pere Portabella, Yvonne Rainer, Jackie Raynal, Anne > Charlotte Robertson, Helke Sander, Jon Sanders, James Scott, Albert Serra, > Leslie Thornton, Humphry Trevelyan > > > > Curated by Dan Kidner > > > The Inoperative Community is an exhibition of experimental narrative film > and video that address ideas of community and the shifting nature of social > relations. It draws on work made since 1968 for cinema, television and the > gallery, reflecting the overlapping and entangled histories of these sites. > The exhibitions title is borrowed from Jean-Luc Nancys 1983 essay of the > same name, and while this connection did not determine the selection of > works, they all bear witness in their own way to what Nancy characterised > as the dissolution, the dislocation, or the conflagration of community. > Many concern the limits of political activism and the fate of left > political subcultures, and all use narrative as a means to explore social > and political issues. > > > > Encompassing over fifty hours of material the exhibition can be navigated > by means of a printed or downloadable programme. Each visitor will only be > able to see a fraction of the works on offer, but connections can be made > between works on any particular course through the exhibition, which has > been designed to accommodate both prolonged viewing and shorter visits. A > screening room will show five daily programmes, in a more structured > approach to the exhibitions historical and political framework. These begin > with an Anglo-French focus before expanding to include international > filmmakers reflecting on the radical political movements of the 1960s and > 1970s. > > > > The exhibition focuses on a period that could be described as the long > 1970s (1968-84) all the works were either made during this time, or > reflect on the radical social and political movements of the era. The > defiant video installation about the Aids crisis, Journal of the Plague > Year (1984) by Stuart Marshall (194993, UK) has been specially restored for > the exhibition. Also included is a new edit within an installation > designed for the exhibition of Peggy and Fred in Hell (19842015) by Leslie > Thornton (b. 1951, USA), featuring footage shot whilst in residence at > Raven Row; and newly available reels from the epic Five Year Diary (198197) > by Anne Charlotte Robertson (19492012, USA), preserved by the Harvard Film > Archive, will be screened for the first time in the UK. > > Extended gallery opening hours: 11am-7pm, Wednesday to Sunday > > ----------- > > Artupdate > > > Home Raven Row The Inoperative Community at Raven Row: 3 December 2015 14 > February... > The Inoperative Community at Raven Row: 3 December 2015 14 February 2016 > > Raven Row > > 5 November 2015 > Leslie Thornton, Peggy and Fred in Hell- Folding (1985-2015). Still from > digital video (originated on 16mm film), 95 mins. Courtesy of the artist. > > Raven Row, London: 3 December 2015 14 February 2016 > Opening: Wednesday 2 December, 6-9pm (Extended gallery hours Wed-Sun 11-7) > Download exhibition programme PDF (57kb) > > The Inoperative Community > > Serge Bard, Eric Baudelaire, Ericka Beckman, Cinema Action, Patrick Deval, > Lav Diaz, Mati Diop, Stephen Dwoskin, Luke Fowler, Jean-Luc Godard, > Jean-Pierre Gorin, Johan Grimonprez, Marc Karlin, Stuart Marshall, > Anne-Marie Miville, Pere Portabella, Yvonne Rainer, Jackie Raynal, Anne > Charlotte Robertson, Helke Sander, Jon Sanders, James Scott, Albert Serra, > Leslie Thornton, Humphry Trevelyan. > > Curated by London-based writer and curator Dan Kidner, The Inoperative > Community is an exhibition of experimental narrative film and video that > broadly address crises of sociality and community. It draws on works made > since 1968 for cinema, television and the gallery, with subjects that range > from the construction of memory to game theory, and artificial > intelligence. The exhibitions title is borrowed from Jean-Luc Nancys 1986 > essay of the same name, and while this connection did not determine the > selection of works, they all bear witness in their own way to Nancys > characterisation of the dissolution, the dislocation, or the conflagration > of community. Many concern the limits of political activism and failures of > the revolutionary politics of the late 1960s. > > Research for the exhibition began by finding means to reconstruct Journal > of the Plague Year (1984), the defiant installation about the Aids crisis > by Stuart Marshall (194993, UK). Other significant presentations include a > new edit within an installation designed for the exhibition of the > thirty-year project Peggy and Fred in Hell (19842015) by Leslie Thornton > (b. 1951, USA), featuring footage shot on a residency at Raven Row; while > newly available reels from the epic Five Year Diary (198197) by Anne > Charlotte Robertson (19492012, USA), preserved by the Harvard Film Archive, > will be screened for the first time in the UK. > > The exhibition itself constituting a kind of inoperative community > attempts to reframe discussions about the overlapping and entangled > histories of art, cinema and television. Visitors will be invited to select > from over fifty hours of material. Comfortable seating has been designed to > enable prolonged viewing as well as shorter visits, while, in the manner of > a film festival, all starting times will be indicated. Alongside the > galleries, a purpose-built screening room will show five daily programmes, > each a point of departure for thinking about experimental film. > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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