Marcus Coates and Ilric Shetland in conversation
School of Film and Television, Falmouth University, Penryn Campus
Friday 9 February, 6.30pm
Admission £5.00, Free for students/unwaged
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The conversation between Coates and Ilric Shetland, Cornwall-based psychoanalyst and senior member of the Society for Social and Critical Psychoanalysis (SSCP), will explore some of the issues raised by The Directors, enabling a broad and engaging discussion that will invite Marcus Coates to be expansive about the sources and directions of his thinking.
MARCUS COATES | ARTIST TALK
CAST, Thursday 8 February
CAST Café supper from 6pm
Admission £12.50, booking essential
Marcus Coates is best known for video work in which he is the main protagonist. His work often creates new ways of addressing cultural, political and social barriers. A foundation of empathy and trust is essential to his collaborations with members of the public, organisations, institutions and experts from a wide range of disciplines. His deep engagement with natural history has also led to attempts to re-imagine and inhabit the perspectives of other species.
SCREENING: THE DIRECTORS
MARCUS COATES
CAST, Tuesday 30 January 2024 – Saturday 10 February 2024
Open 10am - 4pm Tuesday to Saturday
Looped screenings, beginning at 10am, 12 noon and 2pm
Extra screenings:
Friday 2 February beginning at 4 and 6pm
Saturday 10 beginning at 4pm
Free admission, all welcome
The Directors is a collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and five individuals in recovery from different lived experiences of psychosis. Positioned behind the camera, each of them directs Coates in a filmed re-staging of a particular episode from their life.
Following extensive research and discussion, the five short films challenge cultural stigma through an attempt to understand different realities. Each director chose a location of personal significance where Coates was filmed embodying and performing their own experiences.
Marcus Coates is best known for video work in which he is the main protagonist. His work often creates new ways of addressing cultural, political and social barriers. A foundation of empathy and trust is essential to his collaborations with members of the public, organisations, institutions and experts from a wide range of disciplines. His deep engagement with natural history has also led to attempts to re-imagine and inhabit the perspectives of other species.
