“Film historian Steve Neale defined genres as “specific variations of the interplay of codes” (1980), and as these variations and codes interact and oscillate, genre continues to expand its potential as carrier of political message, field of activism and site of thematic play.
This roundtable includes guest speakers who will present a short paper of their work and research, all of which focus on the above themes and ideas, namely the reappraisal of and interaction with genre, the fiction machine and cinematic artifice for renewed political engagement. This is followed by a discussion and a viewing of Thieves, currently showing at the gallery in Michelle Williams Gamaker’s exhibition Our Mountains Are Painted on Glass.” www.southlondongallery.org/exhibitions/michelle-williams-gamaker/
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Join us for a screening event of three films by Michelle Williams Gamaker, House of Women (2017), The Eternal Return (2019) and The Bang Straws (2021), which form part of her series exploring ‘Fictional Activism’.
Williams Gamaker’s work is rooted in activism and social justice, exploring the politics of race and representation as well as migration, gender identity, and capitalism. This event will focus on what the artist calls ‘Fictional Activism’. This is where characters regain a voice to share their story and point to the problematic practices within both the film and the film industry. Williams Gamaker’s new film, Thieves, showing at the SLG as part of the exhibition Our Mountains Are Painted On Glass is a continuation of her ‘Fictional Activism’ series. The screenings will be introduced by film scholar and lecturer Dr. Kulraj Phullar. www.southlondongallery.org/events/film-screenings-activism/ The Chai Shai: Asian British Art research group aims to address the underrepresentation of Asian British women artists in exhibitions and challenge their under-representation and invisibility in the British Art world.
Join the group for a reading event with artist Michelle Williams Gamaker. Williams Gamaker will read two poems by Sally Wen Mao and a chapter from The China Mystique by Karen J. Leong. She will discuss the texts and her wider interests in the politics of race and representation in conversation with artists and researchers Bindu Mehra, Jasmir Creed and Professor Kristen Kreider. The Chai Shai: Asian British Art (with a focus on South Asian British and East Asian Contemporary Women Artists Practice) attempts to shed light on the systematic barriers, including racism and misogyny, that prevent these artists from gaining equal exposure and recognition within visual arts. By bringing together artists, writers, curators, academics, and researchers, they aim to generate new channels of thinking and networking that will contribute towards the development of British Art curating. Through reading groups, film screenings, performance, workshops and symposia, they aim to create thinking spaces that will unpack notions of invisibility and disenchantment, and identity strategies for redressing this imbalance. The Chai Shai: Asian British Art project will be archived within the Slade School of Fine Art and UCL Art Museum. www.southlondongallery.org/events/chai-shai-research-reading-group/ |
Michelle Williams GamakerA timeline of talks, events, exhibitions and screenings by Michelle Williams Gamker Archives
June 2024
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