A certain predilection for things out of the ordinary: The films of Luke Fowler

COUNTRY GRAMMAR (WITH SUE TOMPKINS)

COUNTRY GRAMMAR (WITH SUE TOMPKINS)
Luke Fowler
United Kingdom
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Synopsis

Fowler’s film focuses on Tompkins’ performance ‘Country Grammar’ created in 2003, which begins with a stream of notes, fragments of signs, observations, seen and heard. These texts are then collated, assembled and edited into longer performances. There are overlaps between Fowler and Tompkins’ practice, where Fowler collects images and sounds from his daily life with a handheld 16mm camera and weaves them together to create a complex network of film units.

Director biography

Luke Fowler

Luke Fowler (b. 1978, Glasgow) is an artist, filmmaker and musician based in Glasgow. His work explores the limits and conventions of biographical and documentary filmmaking, and has often been compared to the British Free Cinema of the 1950s. Working with archival footage, photography and sound, Fowler’s filmic montages create portraits of intriguing, counter cultural figures, including Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing and English composer Cornelius Cardew.

Finished

Sessions

May

Friday 28
18:00 h
Museo Reina Sofia. Edificio Sabatini, Auditorio

June

Sunday 06
12:00 h
Museo Reina Sofia. Edificio Sabatini, Auditorio
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Credits

Language
English - Subtitles in spanish
Director
Luke Fowler