Cinematic Exorcisms from the Dark Side of the 1970s: Lilford Hall (Penny Slinger and Peter Whitehead, 1969) & a live score by The Begotten
Doors: 7:00pm
Film starts: 7:30pm
Shot over a few days in an abandoned mansion with performer Suzanka Fraey, the rarely-screened film Lilford Hall (1969) has Penny Slinger and Peter Whitehead collaboratively documenting the erotic and psychic intimacy between the artists in a haunting work of dark surrealism that seeks to exorcise the unspoken and taboo. This unfinished film, shown here in the full 1 hour and 20 minute cut, uses the grand and decaying estate as a Gothic stage-set for its investigation into self, desire, and the psyche. Lilford Hall will be accompanied by a live score by dark ambient noise group, The Begotten.
Ahead of an immersive exhibition of her Exorcism project at Richard Saltoun gallery, titled Exorcism Inside Out, visionary surrealist artist Penny Slinger will join us for an on-stage discussion and short reading from her celebrated book of photo-collage, An Exorcism: A Photo Romance (1977). Photographed at Lilford Hall during the making of the film, An Exorcism has been republished by Fulgur Press in a new expanded edition with text, and copies of the book will be on sale on the night.
A Cinematic Exorcism is curated by Sophia Satchell-Baeza and William Fowler