As part of Digbeth First Friday, Grand Union will host a series of screenings from the BFI/LUX touring programme This is Now: Film and Video After Punk.
We will be featuring the ‘Performing the Self’ programme. New ways to think about identity, the self and the body were all part of punk’s powerful legacy. These imaginative, diverse pieces show how artists played with ideas of performance, forging a dynamic new pop art film culture that was snappy, stylish and existential.
This will be embedded in the Prem Sahib exhibition at Grand Union at this time, tying in with the the themes of his work around queer identity.
The films featured will be:
Still Life With Phrenology Head UK 1979. Dir Cerith Wyn Evans. 15 min
Human League: Don ’t You Want Me UK 1981. Dir Steve Barron. 4 min
Chat Rap UK 1983. Dir John Scarlett-Davis. 15 min
Adam Ant: Prince Charming UK 1981. Dir Mike Mansfield & Adam Ant. 3 min
Adam Ant: Stand and Deliver UK 1981. Dir Mike Mansfield & Adam Ant. 3 min
Solitude UK 1981. Dir John Maybury. 11 min
The Modern Image UK 1979. Dir John Maybury. 13 min
Bungalow Depression UK 1981 Dir Grayson Perry & Jennifer Binnie. 3 min
The Private View UK 1981. Dir The Neo-Naturists. 13 min
*This is presented in collaboration with Vivid Projects and Centrala at Minerva Works.
