Events
Royal Academy of Art, London: 'Burroughs Live'
16 December 2008 - 19 January 2009
Burroughs Live is curated by Jose Ferez. By means of video footage, some shown here for the first time, film and artistic collaborations this exhibition aims to establish the presence of Burroughs the man and the influence that Burroughs the artist had and continues to have on several generations of artists. This exhibition will feature films such as Thanksgiving Prayer and Towers Open Fires, collaborations with artists George Condo and Keith Haring and portraits by Robert Mapplethorpe and David Hockney.
FLicKeR at The Vancouver International Film Festival, Ontario
3,4 October 2008
With a custom-made dream machine in tow, director Nik Sheehan takes us on a journey into the life of Brion Gysin – his art, his complex ideas, and his friendships with some of the 20th century's key counterculture figures.
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin: 'Cut-Outs and Cut-Ups: Hans Christian Andersen and William Seward Burroughs'
9 April 2008 - 29 June 2008
Focusing on the cut-outs and cut-ups of Hans Christian Andersen and William Seward Burroughs, Cut-Outs and Cut-Ups: Hans Christian Andersen and William Seward Burroughs is the first exhibition to compare these legendary writers and fascinating, but little-known, visual artists. Hailing from different origins and different periods, Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) and William Seward Burroughs (1914-1997) nevertheless shared many significant connections. Both were highly productive and revolutionary writers, intrepid travelers and larger-than-life personalities who developed important collaborative relationships. They were visionaries, who had a deep and long engagement with the visual arts.
October Gallery, London:
'Brion Gysin: Calligraffiti of Fire'
11 December 2008 - 7 February 2009
Featuring the first UK showing of Gysin's rarely-seen painting, the 16.4 metre long Calligraffiti of Fire.
Calligraffiti of Fire is Gysin's magnum opus and final work.
This exhibition is produced in collaboration with the Academy of Everything is Possible.
12 December 2008
Screening 7:30 pm (Doors open 7:00 pm)
Tickets: £8/£6 conc.
In this astonishing new award winning documentary, Director Nik Sheehan, a custom made Dreamachine in tow, takes us on a journey into the life of Brion Gysin - his art, his complex ideas, his friendships with some of the twentieth century's key counterculture figures. Taking the dream machine as the basis of its explorations, FLicKeR asks crucial questions about the nature of art and consciousness, and imagines humanity liberated to explore its creativity in complete freedom.
Featuring greats like Burroughs (in archival footage), singer Marianne Faithfull, singer/artist Genesis P-Orridge of Psychic TV, poet John Giorno, punk rocker Iggy Pop, filmmaker Kenneth Anger and artist/turntablist DJ Spooky, and many more, FLicKeR is a hypnotic documentary. Two longtime Gysin collaborators who are interviewed in the film, Terry Wilson and Udo Breger, will be present at this screening. Film courtesy of Makin' Movies and the National Film Board of Canada.
