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The Visitor, dir. Bruce LaBruce, USA 2024, 101 mins., English, 18
The Visitor, directed by queer provocateur Bruce LaBruce, is inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1968 classic Teorema. In LaBruce’s re-imagining, the protagonist is a refugee who liberates the bourgeoisie from their sexual repression, upending their rigid, heteronormative world.
The film was released in the aftermath of Suella Braverman’s controversial speech in which she declared immigration a threat to the West, condemning multiculturalism and calling the 1951 Refugee Convention outdated. Her comments openly targeted women and LGBTQ+ refugees, painting them as undeserving of asylum.
In Pasolini’s original film, Terence Stamp plays a mysterious figure, “The Visitor,” who infiltrates an upper-class Milanese family, seducing each member in turn. The Mother, Father, Son, Daughter, and Maid each represent Freud’s Family Romance — a neurotic symptom that drives sexual tensions within the family. LaBruce’s The Visitor pushes this concept further, with intense sexual scenes and transformative confessions. Through erotic and Oedipal interventions, the characters experience profound sexual and spiritual liberation, ultimately breaking free from societal repression.
The Visitor is on release at the ICA from 21 February.
The film was released in the aftermath of Suella Braverman’s controversial speech in which she declared immigration a threat to the West, condemning multiculturalism and calling the 1951 Refugee Convention outdated. Her comments openly targeted women and LGBTQ+ refugees, painting them as undeserving of asylum.
In Pasolini’s original film, Terence Stamp plays a mysterious figure, “The Visitor,” who infiltrates an upper-class Milanese family, seducing each member in turn. The Mother, Father, Son, Daughter, and Maid each represent Freud’s Family Romance — a neurotic symptom that drives sexual tensions within the family. LaBruce’s The Visitor pushes this concept further, with intense sexual scenes and transformative confessions. Through erotic and Oedipal interventions, the characters experience profound sexual and spiritual liberation, ultimately breaking free from societal repression.
The Visitor is on release at the ICA from 21 February.
Awkward Moments are a London-based duo comprising of Mimi Xu – producer & electronic composer, and MAGUIRE – multi instrumentalist & lead vocalist.
Their latest album SIX SEASONS – an ambient neo-classical meditation on the tug of war between man and nature – was showcased as a multi-sensorial live dance performance choreographed by Harry Price. Their ongoing project Life On Venus – Remixed & Reimagined is a collection of remixes by the likes of Frank Wiedemann, Marc Collin, Sasha, & Johnny Aux (Paranoid London) to name a few – raising questions surrounding the male gaze, human connection and queer identity.
They have performed at festivals such as Glastonbury, Houghton, and She Makes Noise, played at venues including Fabric and Koko, HÖR Berlin, and scored short films. They recently scored the trailer music for Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis using the third eye chakra solfeggio frequency 852 Hz which promotes spiritual healing. They also host a regular secret fundrave called A STRANGE NIGHT – a cultural platform for good vibes – that promotes community and diversity in these divisive times, where they raise money for charities close to their hearts.
Awkwards Moments are the innovative modern voice of IDM & Dark Pop, that place one foot in the rave, the other on the astral plane. Think Leftfield meets Björk.
A/POLITICAL exists in the space between what is permissible and what is prohibited, engaging with artists who interrogate the dominant narratives of our time. Motivated by impossible ideas, A/POLITICAL produces large-scale, confrontational, and boundary-pushing projects and holds the largest collection of socio-political art in the world. The collection includes works by artists such as Ai Weiwei, Marina Abramović, Barbara Kruger, the Chapman Brothers and Santiago Sierra. Recent collaborations include The Game with Andres Serrano, Dead Man’s Switch with Andrei Molodkin and The Visitor with Bruce La Bruce. A/POLITICAL is based in London working closely with The Foundry and La Ralliere, Midi-Pyrenees.
Their latest album SIX SEASONS – an ambient neo-classical meditation on the tug of war between man and nature – was showcased as a multi-sensorial live dance performance choreographed by Harry Price. Their ongoing project Life On Venus – Remixed & Reimagined is a collection of remixes by the likes of Frank Wiedemann, Marc Collin, Sasha, & Johnny Aux (Paranoid London) to name a few – raising questions surrounding the male gaze, human connection and queer identity.
They have performed at festivals such as Glastonbury, Houghton, and She Makes Noise, played at venues including Fabric and Koko, HÖR Berlin, and scored short films. They recently scored the trailer music for Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis using the third eye chakra solfeggio frequency 852 Hz which promotes spiritual healing. They also host a regular secret fundrave called A STRANGE NIGHT – a cultural platform for good vibes – that promotes community and diversity in these divisive times, where they raise money for charities close to their hearts.
Awkwards Moments are the innovative modern voice of IDM & Dark Pop, that place one foot in the rave, the other on the astral plane. Think Leftfield meets Björk.
A/POLITICAL exists in the space between what is permissible and what is prohibited, engaging with artists who interrogate the dominant narratives of our time. Motivated by impossible ideas, A/POLITICAL produces large-scale, confrontational, and boundary-pushing projects and holds the largest collection of socio-political art in the world. The collection includes works by artists such as Ai Weiwei, Marina Abramović, Barbara Kruger, the Chapman Brothers and Santiago Sierra. Recent collaborations include The Game with Andres Serrano, Dead Man’s Switch with Andrei Molodkin and The Visitor with Bruce La Bruce. A/POLITICAL is based in London working closely with The Foundry and La Ralliere, Midi-Pyrenees.
09:00 pm
Wed, 19 Feb 2025
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