The Electric Sheep Film Show December 2015

The Avengers
Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale in The Avengers

audio In the December Electric Sheep Film Show, Virginie Sélavy and Alex Fitch explore film and pop culture. In a special interview recorded at the Film Museum London earlier this year, 90-year-old legendary British actress Honor Blackman talks about her roles in Goldfinger, Doctor Who and the cult 1960s TV series The Avengers. Also in this show, producer Sean Hogan discusses Future Shock: The Story of 2000AD, a documentary that charts the development of the seminal British comic, while curator Helen Melody gives an insight into the Alice in Wonderland exhibition at the British Library, and the varying adapations of Alice on screen over the years.

The Electric Sheep Film Show is broadcast every third Wednesday of the month, 8-9pm at Resonance FM 104.4. Next date: Wednesday 20 January 2016.

This show was first broadcast on Wednesday 16 December 2015.

Clear Spot – 16 December 2015 (Electric Sheep) by Resonance Fm on Mixcloud

J.G. Ballard: Crash, The Atrocity Exhibition and Moving beyond Literature

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JG Ballard

Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies – London

Instructors: Jack Sargeant

Date: 7 January 2016

Time: 7-10pm

Venue: Horse Hospital

Address: Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1JD

Prices: £10 advance / £8 concs / £11 on the door / season tickets £40 coming shortly

Miskatonic website

Building on Jack Sargeant’s previously published research on J.G. Ballard, this talk explores Ballard in the realms beyond literature, looking at his graphics, use of performance and the infamous Crashed Cars exhibition as well as the short film Crash, in relation to the aesthetic ‘perversions’ that emerged around his ground-breaking 1970s novels. The talk offers an exploration of Ballard’s radical experimental work, and traces its influence into the subcultural mise en scène of the era and beyond.

The talk will include a screening of The Unlimited Dream Company (dir: Sam Scoggins, 1983, 24 mins).

This is the first lecture of the Spring 2016 semester. The semester runs from January to May. Season tickets will be available shortly.

About the instructor

As an author Jack Sargeant’s work has been described as ‘dangerously inspirational’. His numerous books include Against Control, Deathtripping: The Extreme Underground and Naked Lens: Beat Cinema (like Deathtripping now in its third English language edition). His forthcoming book Flesh and Excess on Underground Film is due for publication in late 2015. He has written on film and culture for numerous books, anthologies and journals, and introductions for books by Lydia Lunch, Romain Slocombe, Joe Coleman and for William Burroughs’s Unforgettable Characters. He writes a regular column for FilmInk, and has written for The Wire, Xochi 23, Fortean Times, World Art, Real Time and many other publications. Jack has frequently appeared as a documentary interviewee in films including Blank City, The Advocate for Fagdom and Llik Your Idols. He is regularly called upon to assist in research for television and film documentaries. In addition to writing, Sargeant has lectured on underground film and culture, beat culture, William Burroughs and many other topics across the world. He has curated numerous film and art events, including co-curating the critically acclaimed ‘Sex’ at Melbourne’s Strange Neighbour gallery. He is currently programme director for the Revelation Film Festival in Western Australia.

About the Miskatonic Institute:

Named for the fictional university in H.P. Lovecraft’s literary mythos, The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is a non-profit, community-based organization that started in Canada, founded by Kier-La Janisse in March of 2010. The school currently has branches in Montreal and London, with Miskatonic London operating under the co-direction of Kier-La Janisse and Electric Sheep Founder/Editor Virginie Sélavy.

All classes take place at the historic Horse Hospital, the heart of the city’s underground culture. Individual class tickets are £10 advance / £11 on the door / £8 concessions and will be available 30 days in advance of each class. Season tickets are £40 and will be available shortly.

The course dates of the Spring semester are 7 January, 11 February, 10 March, 14 April, 12 May. For the full details of the course please check the Miskatonic website. For all enquiries, please email Miskatonic.london[at]gmail.com.