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Between the 27th of June and the 11th of July 1963 Pier Paolo Pasolini travelled through Palestine with the Catholic Priest and biblical scholar Don Andrea Carraro. The purpose of the trip was to investigate the possibility of using the original sites of Jesus’s life in his forthcoming film The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964).
In the film’s opening scenes, Pasolini voices his exceptions for filming there in grave terms: ‘Already at this point, I started to suspect, that there was something too modern, too industrialised in this landscape. In fact, in a few minutes, as you follow our Fiat's route… you'll see a landscape contaminated by the present'.
The screening of Location Hunting in Palestine will be introduced by Joshua Whitaker, reflecting on the nature of pilgrimage, sacredness, and atemporality in Pasolini’s filmmaking and as a methodology for his own academic and artistic practice.
Between the 27th of June and the 11th of July 1963 Pier Paolo Pasolini travelled through Palestine with the Catholic Priest and biblical scholar Don Andrea Carraro. The purpose of the trip was to investigate the possibility of using the original sites of Jesus’s life in his forthcoming film The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964).
In the film’s opening scenes, Pasolini voices his exceptions for filming there in grave terms: ‘Already at this point, I started to suspect, that there was something too modern, too industrialised in this landscape. In fact, in a few minutes, as you follow our Fiat's route… you'll see a landscape contaminated by the present'.
The screening of Location Hunting in Palestine will be introduced by Joshua Whitaker, reflecting on the nature of pilgrimage, sacredness, and atemporality in Pasolini’s filmmaking and as a methodology for his own academic and artistic practice.
Joshua Whitaker is an artist working with text, print, video, photography and painting. His work engages with ideas of history, humour, cinema, and esoteric belief as key to describing forms of apocalypse and political futurity. Recent lectures, performances, texts, and exhibitions include: Acid History— Into the Silver Screen, The Hellenic Centre London (2024); Acid History, The British School at Athens (2023); Critical Spirituality in St. Paul and the Delphic Oracle, Apocalyptic Times Conference, University of Exeter (2023); Pier Paolo, Soanyway Magazine REDUX Issue (2022); Useful Work Vs. Useless Toil, Bloc Projects, Sheffield (2018); WAR II MOSTYN, Llandudno (2016); Serge de Nîmes, Michelangelo, Mayhem Totes, The Death Suite…, CBS Gallery, Liverpool (2016); The Kippenberger Challenge 7.45 Books, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Rijksakademie Library and De Appel, Amsterdam (2016); St. Paul, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Leeds (2015).
Founded in 1949 by artists and for artists, New Contemporaries is committed to fostering an environment where emerging and early-career artists are empowered to shape their own futures. New Contemporaries supports emerging and early career artists through an annual artist development programme that culminates in a prestigious national touring exhibition, selected by internationally renowned artists. New Contemporaries’ commitment to fostering the next generation of talent is amplified through partnerships with major institutions such as the Institute of Contemporary Arts, MIMA Middlesbrough and South London Gallery.
The exhibition opens at the ICA, following its launch at three venues, KARST, The Levinsky Gallery and MIRROR in Plymouth (28 September – 7 December 2024).
New Contemporaries is supported by Arts Council England, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bridget Riley Art Foundation, HGG, Henry Moore Foundation, TFA London and Art Fund.
Founded in 1949 by artists and for artists, New Contemporaries is committed to fostering an environment where emerging and early-career artists are empowered to shape their own futures. New Contemporaries supports emerging and early career artists through an annual artist development programme that culminates in a prestigious national touring exhibition, selected by internationally renowned artists. New Contemporaries’ commitment to fostering the next generation of talent is amplified through partnerships with major institutions such as the Institute of Contemporary Arts, MIMA Middlesbrough and South London Gallery.
The exhibition opens at the ICA, following its launch at three venues, KARST, The Levinsky Gallery and MIRROR in Plymouth (28 September – 7 December 2024).
New Contemporaries is supported by Arts Council England, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bridget Riley Art Foundation, HGG, Henry Moore Foundation, TFA London and Art Fund.
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06:40 pm
Wed, 19 Feb 2025
Cinema 1
Wednesday 19 February, 2025
6.40 - 8pm, Cinema 1
£6 full price / £4 concession / Free for those on income support
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Cinema 1
- Both our Cinemas have step free access from The Mall and are accessible by ramp
- We have 1 wheelchair allocated space with a seat for a companion
- All seats are hard back, have a crushed velvet feel and they do not recline
- These are our seat size dimensions: W 42 x D 45 x H 52
- Arm rest either side of the seat dimensions: L 27 x W 7 x H 20
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Times
6.40 – 7pm Joshua Whitaker introducing Location Hunting in Palestine
7 – 8pm Location Hunting in Palestine (Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il Vangelo secondo Matteo), dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy 1965, Italian with English subtitles.
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