Jordan Baseman
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Jordan Baseman - Dark is the Night
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 ...
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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 ...