Curated by Emile Shemilt, Stills' Film Lounge presents a selection of artists' film and video in response to the varied themes within James Casebere's series of works. The programme includes the first UK screening of Casebere's An Udder Orientation / A Film, made in 1979, and brings together artworks by Mineo Aayamaguchi, Doug Aubrey, George Barber, David Critchley, Claire Fowler, Jeanette Ginslov and Mike Stubbs. From received fantasies of the 'American Dream' to sober and provocative political musings, these works collectively explore the torment behind a notion that is 'America' and modern Western living.
Emile Shemilt is an artist, writer and curator. He studied at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford and received his PhD from the University of Dundee. He was the Research Assistant on the Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project REWIND| Artists’ Video in the 70s and 80s.
Film Lounge Programme
An Udder Orientation/A Film (1979), James Casebere 11 minutes
Landscape (1983), Mineo Aayamaguchi 15 minutes
Passage (Dead End) (1982), Doug Aubrey 20.05 minutes
Migi (2009), Claire Fowler 2.08 minutes
The Sweatlodge (1991), Mike Stubbs 7.17 minutes
Dave in America (1981), David Critchley 22.52 minutes
The Venetian Ghost (1988), George Barber 13.28 minutes
Karohano (2008), Jeannette Ginslov 9 minutes
Image Passage (Dead End) (1982) Doug Aubrey
All works courtesy of the artists
