On our way back along the South Bank we came across more free theatre, part of the National Theatre's Watch This Space Summer Programme, 150 free riverside events until 1 September. Mimbre were performing The Bridge. They are performing again on the 15th and 16th August at 6.30pm.
On our way to an exhibition last night we came across this spectacle, Stan Won't Dance practising for their performance, Off The Wall which is happening on Friday 2oth and Saturday 21st July at 9pm at the Southbank centre square outside the Royal Festival Hall.
The brilliant Czech film-maker Jan Svankmajer is showing a season of his animated surrealist films at the newly named BFI Southbank in London (formerly the NFT) from the 1 until 21 June. Including the release of this film from 2006 called Lunacy which features a certain amount of animated meat . . .
His wife, the artist, Eva Svankmajerova collaborated with him on his films until her death in 2005. She designed this poster for his 1989 masterpiece, Alice.
"Mandy Prowse studied painting and printmaking at Maidstone College of Art. She explores natural and human forms and the interconnectedness of all things. Themes in her work relate to birth, mortality and metamorphosis. Her altered books are minimalistic and organic combining a modern aesthetic with an almost Victorian touch. If you told me these books were 100 years old I wouldn’t think twice about it.”
Jason Thompson, The Rag and Bone Bindery