Tears For Jack Smith: Love, Death and Performance
Performance/lecture on the work of Jack Smith (1932-1989), a central yet elusive figure in the development of performance and of avant-garde film. The lecture will focus specifically on work from the 1970s and 80s, while exploring conceptions of sexuality and death in his enigmatic oeuvre.
Dominic Johnson lives and works in London, and is a PhD candidate at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Current writing interests include death, testimony and sexual ethics. He has recently published articles on artists including Raimund Hoghe, Marisa Carnesky and Jack Smith, as well as dialogues with Franko B and Genesis P-Orridge. He is a contributor to publications such as Chroma and Frieze.
The talk will be followed by the screening of Jack Smiths Flaming Creatures.