Filmed in and around the Soho area, London-based artist Jordan Baseman (USA, b.1960) has interviewed some of its residents, ranging from the notorious to the anonymous. The interviews, which are then interspersed with abstract footage of Soho itself, reflecting Baseman’s own take on the traditional documentary film format.
The three resulting films are being screened below ground, in the lower ground floor of the Gallery, centering around the title piece Dark is the Night. Recorded nocturnally over a six-month period, footage of empty and dimly lit Soho streets is set against a narration by Lucy, a transsexual prostitute, who describes her experiences of working in Soho.
In The Dandy Doctrine (A Delightful Illusion), Baseman interviews the writer, artist and dandy Sebastian Horsley. Filmed at his home in the centre of Soho, Horsley discusses his philosophies on dandyism and how Soho epitomises these ideals.
Activist Alan Wakeman compares his life as a gay man in the 1960s with the liberal gay scene of Soho today in the piece Nasty Piece of Stuff. Wakeman’s speech patterns are echoed rhythmically by the stops and starts in the film footage, merging the visual with the aural.
The interview process is at the heart of all of Baseman’s work. His interest in the personal and intimate details of his subjects’ lives is sensitively represented in these poetic and revealing films.
These new film works have been co-commissioned by The Photographers’ Gallery and ArtSway.
Une Ford Pick-up, une Pan/Shovel 66, une Custom 2004 (Jeffrey), une Triumph 69 (Vince), une El Camino 64, une Bel Air 65 (peinte par Vince), une Duo Glide 62, une Comet (qui appartenait à Steve Mc Queen), une Special Construction 2000 (toutes, OM), une Harley 1969, une Dyna 2003 (Wes),une Pan 59, une Pan 62, une Pan 65 (John Copeland), une Sportster 68 (Dr...
Le conte photographique l’Emouvantail, se veut être « l’Echo » d’une histoire d’amour entre un épouvantail etune jeune femme, la Dame de l’O qui pourrait être celle de chacun d’entre nous… Mais pas seulement…
Créée par le Musée de l’Elysée à Lausanne, l’exposition Hans Steiner Chronique de la vie moderne a été présentée à la Fotostiftung de Winterthour, à la Médiathèque Valais-Martigny et au Museo Villa dei Cedri de Bellinzona.
Mouna Saboni est d'origine bretonne, de mère française et de père marocain. Elle a 23 ans et termine sa troisième année à l’ENSP d’Arles. Je voudrais voir la mer est présentée dans le cadre du festival des Boutographies, Rencontres Photographiques de Montpellier dédiées aux jeunes photographes. La série sél...
Awol Erizku's photographs reference classical art works to include models of color in order to emphasize, and draw attention to the lack of racial diversity represented in art history.
Erizku creates images such as, Girl with a Bamboo Earring, 2009 in which he repl...
Originally conceived for and presented at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the upcoming exhibition at the Helmut Newton Foundation is dedicated to Newton’s first three legendary publications. The motifs published in the books have been transformed into exhibition prints. During Newton’s lifetime, these photographs bordering between fashion and nude ph...
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