James Scott Screening and Q&A
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square
A special screening of James Scott’s films about artists at work in two parts with the director in conversation.
In the early 1960s, James Scott studied painting and theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, where he also developed an interest in filmmaking and photography. After directing his acclaimed short Rocking Horse (1962) and an unfinished feature film for Woodfall Film Productions, Scott made a series of pioneering films on, and in collaboration with, artists associated with Pop Art, which are the focus of BIMI’s screenings and Q&A with the director. Drawing on his multidisciplinary expertise and responding to the subjects’ own boundary-crossing artworks, these films defy easy categorisation. We will explore Love’s Presentation (1966), RB Kitaj (1967), Richard Hamilton (1969) and The Great Ice Cream Robbery (1971), alongside Scott’s more recent film on Derek Boshier, Fragments (2019). This event has been inspired by a new research project, ‘Pop Goes The Essay Film’, led by Dr Katerina Loukopoulou and Dr Mark Broughton.
James Scott
Screening and Q&A
A special screening of James Scott’s films about artists at work in two parts with the director in conversation.
5pm: PART 1
Introduction by film historian Dr Mark Broughton about the essayistic form of James Scott’s films about pop artists, followed by the screening of: Love’s Presentation (1966); R.B. Kitaj (1967); Richard Hamilton (1969)
6:30pm: Intermission
7pm: PART 2
Introduction by James Scott, followed by the screening of The Great Ice Cream Robbery (1971); and excerpts from Chance, History, Art (1980); and Fragments (2019)
Q&A with the director, chaired by media historian Dr Katerina Loukopoulou
Contact name:
Matthew Barrington