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UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)
April 20 - April 21, 2016Info
- http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
- (510) 642-0808
Isaac Julien, Looking for Langston
We are delighted that Isaac Julien will join us for an evening of his films and a presentation on his multiscreen installation works; he is the UC Regents’ Lecturer for 2016, invited on the initiative of The Black Room, a UC Berkeley faculty collective. Julien is a filmmaker and photographer who has been a central figure in British visual culture, black British cultural studies, and queer independent cinema for the last two decades. His work has pushed the boundaries of filmmaking in documentary, biography, dance, and narrative. He is one of the pioneers expanding the reach of film from cinemas to museums and galleries, staging acclaimed multiscreen art installations. Glenn D. Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, recently described his work as distinguished by “a particular fascination and strength, combining political commitment, an acute sensitivity to the complexities of the world’s developing global culture, and a visual approach that is lushly, swimmingly sensual.”
04.20.2016 @ 7PM Looking for Langston (UK, 1988) Isaac Julien in Person! Julien’s lyrical reimagining of the cultural legacy of revered African American poet Langston Hughes forms a study of artistic expression and the nature of black gay desire. With shorts The Attendant and The Long Road to Mazatlán.
04.21.2016 @ 7PM Isaac Julien Presents Recent Installation Works (UK, 2010-14) Isaac Julien in Person! Julien discusses his recent installations Playtime and Kapital, which respond to the global financial crisis through an elegant fusion of fiction and documentary. Plus an excerpt from his exploration of Chinese culture, Ten Thousand Waves.