From August 12-26, International House presents the U.S. premiere of This is Now: Film and Video After Punk, a major touring program from the British Film Institute that features digitally remastered underground films and music videos from the post-punk era in the United Kingdom (1979–1985).
Tonight we present Program Three, which will be introduced by William Fowler, Curator of Artists’ Moving Image, BFI National Archive, followed by a reception for ticketholders featuring a Post-Punk/New...
From August 12-26, International House presents the U.S. premiere of This is Now: Film and Video After Punk, a major touring program from the British Film Institute that features digitally remastered underground films and music videos from the post-punk era in the United Kingdom (1979–1985).
Tonight we present Program Three, which will be introduced by William Fowler, Curator of Artists’ Moving Image, BFI National Archive, followed by a reception for ticketholders featuring a Post-Punk/New Wave DJ set by Philadelphia based producer and musician Jeff Ziegler. The reception will include complimentary light fare, and beverages provided by Philadelphia Distilling.
Program Three - Just Images: The moral, political and symbolic integrity of the image itself is interrogated and overturned in these richly textured films. John Maybury casts Siouxsie Sioux and fashion designer David Holah in one of the singularly most stunning and ambitious Super 8 works of the era, the existential Court of Miracles. Young filmmakers bring on the post-modern age. This program includes the folowing films:
The Court of Miracles
Dir. John Maybury, UK, 1982, video 44 min.
Glory Boys?
Dir. Vanda Carter, UK, 1983, video, 4 min.
Territories
Dir. Isaac Julien, UK, 1984, video, 24 min.
Psychic TV: Unclean
Dir. Cerith Wyn Evans & John Maybury, UK, 1984, video, 9 min.
