You are looking at a traveller who just bought a ticket for a very special kind of a trip. The cost? A few dollars, and his mind, over which he will very shortly have little or no control
The Echo of Astro Boy’s Footsteps, 2011
Feature-length documentary about the pioneering Astro Boy sound designer Matsuo Ohno
In the Realms of the Unreal, 2004
This is an intimate documentary on the work of Henry Darger. I remember seeing some of it at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art during an exhibition of his work
Title typography by Chris Ware
The Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra – Chariots Of The Gods?
Original soundtrack from the 1970 documentary that you can watch HERE
A 30 minute documentary presenting the work of a handful of artists from Nova Scotia. You can watch it HERE
William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers, 1991
Klaus Maeck’s documentary features Burroughs in conversation, discussing such topics as his beliefs on language as a weapon, his theory of the world, the function of dreams, travel in time and space, etc. The film also includes footage from some of his public readings, film appearances, and shots of his paintings
Some of the highlights include hearing Burroughs read his advice to young people as well as his revised Ten Commandments, including Thou shalt not blow pot-smoke into the face of my pet and Thou shalt not be such a shit, you don’t know you are one
You can watch it HERE
The Secret History of Our Streets
Amazing to think that Deptford High Street used to be described as the Oxford Street of South London. How things have changed…
I’m looking forward to next week’s episode exploring another local street of mine - Camberwell Grove
Matinee screening at the ICA tomorrow
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