It’s the halfway point in 2012. I’ve been busy blogging in a bunch of different places and organising events and – well, just having a very full life. But I have been asked to post a top 10, so here goes. Let’s see how many make the whole year top ten! 1) John Carter: Yes I know…
International Festival of Films on Art- Review in Art Press No.390
TRANSCRIBING HISTORY Sharing the tools used by art historians, a filmmaker can also delve into the past in search of clues, traces and analytical elements. The British director Mark Stokes’s movie Revolution of the Night: the Enigma of Henry Darger is a sensitive attempt to unearth the story of this major outsider art figure who…
“The latest and best cinematic treatment of Darger’s art and life” ARTINFO.COM
From Outtakes – David D’Arcy on film – ARTINFO.COM David D’Arcy’s Review of Chris Sullivan’s ‘Consuming Spirits’: While watching Consuming Spirits, I was haunted by what looked like its affinities with Henry Darger (1892-1973), the janitor who lived alone in Chicago – where Sullivan lives – and wrote and drew endless sagas of interplanetary war…
OUTTAKES – David D’Arcy on film – Exhuming Reputations at FIFA 2012 – From ARTINFO.com
International Festival of Films on Art (Montreal, March 15-25) Awards for the 2012 International Festival of Films on Art were handed out last Saturday night in Montreal on the festival’s 25th anniversary. The selection was mixed, but it included some of the best films on art and architecture that you’re unlikely to see anywhere in…
THE ART NEWSPAPER Vol. XXI, No. 233
Revolutions of the Night: The Enigma of Henry Darger Directed by Mark Stokes. One of the most celebrated “outsider” artists, whose work has fetched close to $100m, Chicago hospital porter and recluse Darger would almost certainly have been forgotten about after his death in 1973 had it not been for his landlord, photographer Nathan Lerner,…
REVOLUTIONS OF THE NIGHT: THE ENIGMA OF HENRY DARGER Review/Interview by Greer Nicholson
We live in a time of obsession with celebrity. Every child wants to grow up to get their 15 minutes of fame, as promised by Andy Warhol. Reality TV rules the entertainment roost and the notion of the struggling artist may still be romantic, but it’s out of fashion. The story of Henry Darger, an…
30th FIFA MONTREAL WORLD PREMIERE: REVOLUTIONS OF THE NIGHT: THE ENIGMA OF HENRY DARGER
‘Revolutions of the Night: The Enigma of Henry Darger’ has been selected to be screened in the Competition section at the 30th International Festival of Films on Art. The film’s World Premiere takes place on Saturday March 17th in Montreal, Canada. ‘The International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) is a non-profit organization devoted to…
‘Revolutions of the Night’ in London
‘Revolutions of the Night: The Enigma of Henry Darger’ previews in London on February 22nd. Special guest at this screening will be Kiyoko Lerner, guardian of Henry Darger’s amazing works, whose first-hand recollections form an essential part of the documentary. http://www.princesdrawingschool.org/calendar/main.asp
Darger Preview in Paris
‘Profitable Day for a Lost Child’ (Detail) Henry Darger Revolutions of the Night: The Enigma of Henry Darger previews at Galerie Christian Berst, 3-5 Passage des Gravilliers, 75003 Paris on September 14. The documentary is to be shown as part of Travelling Brut #1, the gallery’s inaugural film season, and the screening followed by a Q&A with director…
Darger in Washington, DC
A special preview screening and discussion chaired by David L. Downing PsyD, ABPP with director Mark Stokes at the American Psychological Association’s 119th Convention in Washington, DC. The annual convention of the American Psychological Association is the largest gathering of psychologists and psychology students in the world, which each year attracts 12,000 – 15,000 or…
Henry Darger Documentary 