Thursday, July 30, 2009

Serpentine Cinema: Henry Flynt and Owen Land Sunday 2 August

American conceptual artist, filmmaker, philosopher and avantgarde musician Henry Flynt shows two short films, Shrine of the Insect, 2008, and My Paisley Eyes, 2008. American artist and film-maker Owen Land screens Dialogues, 2007–09, 30 years since his last completed film. It takes the form of a series of short films, informed by folklore, history and theology.

Serpentine Cinema

‘There’s no film. Cinema is dead. There can’t be film anymore. If you want, let’s have a discussion.’
Guy Debord

Serpentine Cinema is a series of monthly screenings and events at The Gate cinema in Notting Hill which give an opportunity to view rarely seen artists’ films in a cinema context. Presented in association with Sketch.

The Gate
87 Notting Hill Gate
London W11 3JZ
0871 704 2058
gate@picturehouses.co.uk

2 comments:

Elli said...

Cinema isn´t dead...
I love to go there...

Ben Lazarus said...

I was on the film crew of Owen Land's "Dialogues" and made a short documentary about our insane shoot. My film has never-before-seen footage from "Dialogues".

Here's the link to my video, enjoy!

http://vimeo.com/8053079

Warning: contains nudity, NSFW!