HOME is delighted to announce a retrospective of one of the most influential figures in contemporary British culture as part of a collaboration with Manchester Art Gallery and their upcoming Protest! exhibition.
A set designer, author, gardener and filmmaker who merged avant-garde practices with a painterly approach to cinema composition and framing, Derek Jarman was also a pivotal and pioneering figure in gay rights activism.
Opening on the eve of what would have been his 80th birthday, Jarman at HOME comprises all of the director's 11 feature films in addition to 11 short films, presented chronologically over six weeks with special guests and speakers due to attend several screenings.
Curated by Rachel Hayward, Head of Film and Jason Wood, Creative Director: Film & Culture, the season opens with a compilation of Jarman's Super 8 shorts, including his first film Studio Bankside (1972), and closes with a special triple-bill screening comprising: Glitterbug, a compilation of Super 8 fragments posthumously assembled by Jarman's friends in 1994; The Queen is Dead made in 1986 as a music video for The Smiths' song of the same name; and, Mark Jordan's Leaving Time: The Art of Derek Jarman (2020), which features the director in his studio discussing morality, the tabloid press and the terminology applied to people's sexuality.
Jarman's collaborations with key musicians of the day are reflected elsewhere in the programme, from Sebastiane (1976), his first feature which boasts a distinctly moving score from Brian Eno, to his final film, Blue (1993) featuring a highly textured soundscape from renowned musicians including Simon Fisher Turner, Coil, Scanner and Brian Eno. Jubilee (1978), Jarman's provocative account of the punk movement, starring a host of punk rockers including Adam Ant and Toyah Willcox will also screen, followed by a post-screening Q&A with lead actor and punk rock icon, Jordan, on Saturday 5 February.
