Sunday 28 March 2010, 14.00

Surrealism has been seen as a product of the urban environment, however several of its practitioners worked with semi-rural or garden settings in their work. This screening will look at queer surrealist artists who chose to centre their practice away from the city, developing new settings for desire and engaging with the long history of gardens as erotic spaces. Featuring films by Kenneth Anger, Barbara Hammer, Marie Menken and others.

Curated and presented by James Boaden, University of York.

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£5 (£4 concessions), booking recommended

  

Programme of films

Glimpse of the Garden
Marie Menken, USA, 1957, 16mm, 5 minutes
Print courtesy The Film-Makers' Cooperative, New York

Edward James: Builder of Dreams
Avery Danziger, USA 1995, DVD, 58 minutes
Film courtesy Avery Danziger

Eaux d’artifice
Kenneth Anger, USA 1953, 16mm, 12 minutes
Print courtesy BFI

Lover Other
Barbara Hammer, USA 2006, DVD, 55 minutes
Film courtesy Barbara Hammer

Full programme running time: 118 minutes