BEATRICE GIBSON: A CURATED SERIES

As part of the extensive presentation by British artist Beatrice Gibson at Bergen Kunsthall and Borealis – a festival for experimental music, Cinemateket shows a series of three film programs with some of her most important films, works by her collaborators and her filmic inspirations.

The first programme presents Beatrice Gibson’s existing film work. The four films, from The Tigers Mind (2012), inspired by composer Cornelius Cardew, to the Minecraft and stock-market strewn F for Fibonnacci (2014), explore her unique cinematic language and interests.

The second event shows the feature film, A Spell to Ward of the Darkness (2013) by British film artists Ben Rivers and Ben Russell. The film is a single take sequence featuring the Norwegian black metal band Queequeg. The directors are close allies and sometime collaborators by Gibson, admired for their “virtuosic filmmaking”.

The third programme, selected by Beatrice Gibson, creates a context for her own work, through films that were influential or talismanic for the artist. With a programme including works by Basma Alsharif and Ana Vaz amongst others, it celebrates the collaboration, inspiration, complicity and participation that is central to Gibson’s practice.

Beatrice Gibson’s solo exhibition, including her new film “I Hope I’m Loud When I’m Dead”, is on view from 25th January – 31st March 2019 at Bergen Kunsthall. Gibson’s “Deux Soeurs Qui Ne Sont Pas Soeurs” will receive its Norwegian premier at Bergen Kino on the 8th March 2019, as part of Borealis – a festival for experimental music.

The exhibition is a collaboration of Bergen Kunsthall, Borealis – a festival for experimental music and Camden Arts Centre, London. “I Hope I’m Loud When I’m Dead” is commissioned by Bergen Kunsthall, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Camden Arts Centre, London and Mercer Union, Toronto, with support from Julia Stoschek Collection, Outset Contemporary Art Fund and Arts Council Norway. “Deux Soeurs Qui Ne Sont Pas Soeurs” is commissioned by Bergen Kunsthall, Borealis – a festival for experimental music, Camden Arts Centre, London and Mercer Union, Toronto, with support from Fluxus Art Projects and Arts Council England, and features a score by Laurence Crane commissioned with support from Arts Council Norway.

About the artist
Beatrice Gibson lives and works in London. Born out of interests in improvisation and collective production her films blend social and collective modes of working with a diverse range of references from Cornelius Cardew, Robert Ashley and Pauline Oliveros to the writings of Gertrude Stein. Gibson’s films have been screened in museums and at film festivals nationally and internationally. Her recent film commissioned by Camden Arts Centre, Bergen Kunsthall and Mercer Union premiered at TIFF Toronto International film festival and will be on show in Bergen Kunsthall January till March 2019.

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