Cinema
Asylum

Saturday 11 June 2016
19:30

Cinema, Horsebridge Arts Centre

Chris Petit and Iain Sinclair
(2000, UK, 58 mins)

“With their latest work, Chris Petit and Iain Sinclair have taken television to the next level. When Asylum screens on British TV it’ll either have viewers hammering at their sets and wondering if there’s an electrical storm in their neighbourhood, or scratching their heads at the labyrinthine pseudo-sci-fi narrative. Describing itself as ‘a film about exile, memory, madness’, Asylum is the third collaboration between the British filmmaker-writer Chris Petit and the novelist, essayist and poet Iain Sinclair. Continuing their exploration of marginalised cultural figures, the duo has extended the distressed, multi-media textures of their previous collaboration, The Falconer (1998), to create a piece that, while conceived for British TV, pushes at the limits of what television currently deems to be aesthetically acceptable. Not for nothing does the film carry the subtitle The Final Commission.” (Chris Darke)

Please note: this film has not been classified by the BBFC. If you have any questions about the suitability of unclassified films, please ask a member of staff or email info@whitstablebiennale.com.

Book tickets: £5 (£4 concessions).
Whitstable Biennale Film Pass: £15 (£10 concessions).

Asylum