LAUNCH EVENT (1972–2020)
With JOHN SMITH and JOCELYN POOK live in conversation
To celebrate the release of the vinyl LP soundtrack of BLIGHT, JOHN SMITH’s collaboration with composer JOCELYN POOK, the artist filmmaker’s INTROSPECTIVE (50 films from 50 years) launches with a focus on SMITH’s music related works.
Several of these films feature in the chronological programmes that follow the launch (October 6–December 1) with others, commissions made for CHARLES HAYWARD and ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, screening exclusively at this event.
Triangles (1972)
7P (1978)
Shine So Hard (1981)
Gargantuan (1992)
Blight (1994–96)
Song for Europe (2017)
The Camera, The Actor (2019)
Twice (2020)
(more info)
With JOHN SMITH and JOCELYN POOK live in conversation
To celebrate the release of the vinyl LP soundtrack of BLIGHT, JOHN SMITH’s collaboration with composer JOCELYN POOK, the artist filmmaker’s INTROSPECTIVE (50 films from 50 years) launches with a focus on SMITH’s music related works.
Several of these films feature in the chronological programmes that follow the launch (October 6–December 1) with others, commissions made for CHARLES HAYWARD and ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, screening exclusively at this event.
Triangles (1972)
7P (1978)
Shine So Hard (1981)
Gargantuan (1992)
Blight (1994–96)
Song for Europe (2017)
The Camera, The Actor (2019)
Twice (2020)
(more info)
Close-Up Film Centre
Programme 1 (1972–76)
With JOHN SMITH and STANLEY SCHTINTER live in conversation
Triangles (1972)
Someone Moving (1972)
The Hut (1973)
Words (1973) with Lis Rhodes
Out the Back (1974)
William and the Cows (1974)
Faces (1974)
Associations (1975)
Leading Light (1975)
The Girl Chewing Gum (1976)
(more info)
With JOHN SMITH and STANLEY SCHTINTER live in conversation
Triangles (1972)
Someone Moving (1972)
The Hut (1973)
Words (1973) with Lis Rhodes
Out the Back (1974)
William and the Cows (1974)
Faces (1974)
Associations (1975)
Leading Light (1975)
The Girl Chewing Gum (1976)
(more info)
Close-Up Film Centre
Programme 2 (1976–78)
With JOHN SMITH and ERIKA BALSOM live in conversation
Summer Diary (1976–77)
Gardner (1977)
Hackney Marshes (1977 [November 4])
Hackney Marshes (1978, TV version)
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With JOHN SMITH and ERIKA BALSOM live in conversation
Summer Diary (1976–77)
Gardner (1977)
Hackney Marshes (1977 [November 4])
Hackney Marshes (1978, TV version)
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Programme 3 (1978–84)
With JOHN SMITH and JULIET JACQUES live in conversation
Double Shutter (1978/2018)
7P (1978)
Celestial Navigation (1980)
Light Sleep (1981)
Shepherd’s Delight (an analysis of humour) (1980–84)
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With JOHN SMITH and JULIET JACQUES live in conversation
Double Shutter (1978/2018)
7P (1978)
Celestial Navigation (1980)
Light Sleep (1981)
Shepherd’s Delight (an analysis of humour) (1980–84)
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Programme 4 (1985–92)
With JOHN SMITH and CAROL MORLEY live in conversation
Om (1986)
The Black Tower (1985–87)
Dungeness (1987)
Slow Glass (1988–91)
Gargantuan (1992)
(more info)
With JOHN SMITH and CAROL MORLEY live in conversation
Om (1986)
The Black Tower (1985–87)
Dungeness (1987)
Slow Glass (1988–91)
Gargantuan (1992)
(more info)
Programme 5 (1993–96)
With JOHN SMITH and IAN BOURN live in conversation
Home Suite (1993–94)
Blight (1994–96)
(more info)
With JOHN SMITH and IAN BOURN live in conversation
Home Suite (1993–94)
Blight (1994–96)
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Programme 6 (1998–2003)
With JOHN SMITH and GARETH EVANS live in conversation
The Kiss (1999) with Ian Bourn
The Waste Land (1999)
Regression (1999)
Lost Sound (1998–2001) with Graeme Miller
Worst Case Scenario (2001–03)
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With JOHN SMITH and GARETH EVANS live in conversation
The Kiss (1999) with Ian Bourn
The Waste Land (1999)
Regression (1999)
Lost Sound (1998–2001) with Graeme Miller
Worst Case Scenario (2001–03)
(more info)
Programme 7 (2001–07)
With JOHN SMITH and ALIA SYED live in conversation
Hotel Diaries (2001–07)
(more info)
With JOHN SMITH and ALIA SYED live in conversation
Hotel Diaries (2001–07)
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Programme 8 (2010–12)
With JOHN SMITH and IAIN SINCLAIR live in conversation
Flag Mountain (2010)
Demo Tape (2010)
Unusual Red Cardigan (2011)
The Man Phoning Mum (2011)
Soft Work (2012)
(more info)
With JOHN SMITH and IAIN SINCLAIR live in conversation
Flag Mountain (2010)
Demo Tape (2010)
Unusual Red Cardigan (2011)
The Man Phoning Mum (2011)
Soft Work (2012)
(more info)
Programme 9 (2012–21)
(2012-21)
With JOHN SMITH and JARVIS COCKER live in conversation
Dad's Stick (2012)
White Hole (2014)
Steve Hates Fish (2015)
Who Are We? (2016)
Song for Europe (2017)
Jour de Fête (2017)
A State of Grace (2019)
Citadel (2020)
Covid Messages (2020)
Time and Motion (for A L Rees) (2021)
Record (2021)
(more info)
(2012-21)
With JOHN SMITH and JARVIS COCKER live in conversation
Dad's Stick (2012)
White Hole (2014)
Steve Hates Fish (2015)
Who Are We? (2016)
Song for Europe (2017)
Jour de Fête (2017)
A State of Grace (2019)
Citadel (2020)
Covid Messages (2020)
Time and Motion (for A L Rees) (2021)
Record (2021)
(more info)
Coda : REGRESSION
A portrait of the artist as a not so young man. The filmmaker attempts to enter the digital age by making a new video version of his 1978 film 7P.
“John Smith is not afraid of time. His films continuously show his patience in setting up a visual pun, filming certain angles over several days or months in order to develop our sense of place and flux. Regression makes time a focus of his humour. As he recreates a film he made 21 years earlier, he tapes each of the twelve days of Christmas, getting progressively younger as he replays the chorus of the accompanying song.”
- Chris Kennedy
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A portrait of the artist as a not so young man. The filmmaker attempts to enter the digital age by making a new video version of his 1978 film 7P.
“John Smith is not afraid of time. His films continuously show his patience in setting up a visual pun, filming certain angles over several days or months in order to develop our sense of place and flux. Regression makes time a focus of his humour. As he recreates a film he made 21 years earlier, he tapes each of the twelve days of Christmas, getting progressively younger as he replays the chorus of the accompanying song.”
- Chris Kennedy
(more info)