Vancouver Artists' Resistance to Cinema Explored at Birkbeck

On Tuesday 22nd October 2023, Shepherd Steiner will deliver a talk at Birkbeck, University of London, examining how three Vancouver artists—Rodney Graham, Ian Wallace, and Jeff Wall—resisted cinematic conventions through film and photography. The event, part of the collaborative series 'The City and its Moving Images' between Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image and Afterall, runs from 18:00 to 19:30 in Room 114, Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD. Steiner argues that these artists used the 'filmic' and 'photographic' as binaries against the institution of cinema, sharing a negative engagement with cinematic form that drove their inventive picture-making. Admission is free but requires booking via Eventbrite. The series explores the moving image's impact on modern urban cultural life, supported by Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design.