Saturday 11 September 2010, 19.00

Introduced by Claire Pajaczkowska.

Guérillère Talks
Vivienne Dick, 1978, Super-8 / DVD, 24 min

Guérillère Talks, comprising seven rolls of Super-8 film, is a series of portraits of women, all of whom are associated with the No Wave music and art scene. The film features a punk playing pinball, Beate Nilsen, Ikue Mori, Lydia Lunch, Pat Place, Adele Bertei, and Anya Philips. In Guérillère Talks the filmmaker's presence is felt through the expressive camera movements which contribute an energy and intensity to this exploration into notions of identity, as performers perform themselves. 

Liberty's Booty
Vivienne Dick, 1980, Super-8 / DVD, 48 min

An investigation into prositution from a female perspective under a late capitalist economy, it also explores the wider theme of expression and repression of sexual attitudes in America and Ireland. With a dense mix of real testimonies, verité footage and acted out scenarios, this film is mainly an exploration of prostitution and the relationship between sex, power and work. The film  alludes to growing globalisation with its reference to a McDonald's strike in Dublin and its imagery of Pope Paul's visit to Ireland in 1979, which in retrospect is seen as marking a final attempt to halt the transformation of Irish society.

New York Conversations
Vivienne Dick, 1992, DVD, 21 min

A low-key documentary in which the artist returns to New York, where she had been living ten years previously, to make a series of portraits of her friends. They talk about their work, their concerns and their art. The film features Janet Stein, Felice Rosser, Alexis Adler, Liz Swope, Jim Spinks and Nan Goldin.

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

  

This event is related to the Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera exhibition