Welcome to my World
Featuring Larry Achiampong, Marcus Coates and more
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First of many more events to come of a year-long programme celebrating ten years of BEEF in Bristol and beyond – showcasing experimental and expanded film and sound via screenings, live performances, art, music, talks, workshops, artist development, and critical dialogue in response to the times we live in.
Welcome to my World is a weekend programmer of artists' films and conversations exploring lived experiences of Black masculinity and depression, psychosis and neurodivergence. Taking place during Mental Health Awareness Week, the event features artists Larry Achiampong, Marcus Coates, Joanne Dorothea-Smith, Louisa Fairclough, Patrycja Loranc and Mars Saude.
FRIDAY 16 MAY, 7PM–9PM
LARRY ACHIAMPONG, GHOST_DATA_ + Q&A with Larry Achiampong and Ben Borthwick.
In A Letter (Side B), which is partially filmed on a hacked Gameboy camera, Achiampong recounts a deeply personal moment in a counselling room following a suicide attempt, offering a raw portrayal of his mental health struggles. The story unfolds against a backdrop of structural inequalities that historically, marginalised communities continue to face today. A Pledge is a work that explores the interconnected states of generational trauma, seclusion, mental and physical health and communal agency through the acts of driving and Gōjū-ryū Karate. (Trigger warning: Contains flashing lights and scenes of a sensitive nature including depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and racism).
SATURDAY 17 MAY, 3PM
LOUISA FAIRCLOUGH, Mental Falls
Mental Falls is a short lyrical essay film by Louisa Fairclough weaving the voices of singers with Louisa’s own voice in a close observation of her sister Hetta Fairclough’s sketchbook. Hetta (1973-2008) produced a remarkable sketchbook of drawings which take the form of assemblages and visual poems pulling on her own experience of anxiety, depression and mania. Page by page Louisa’s interpretation of her sister’s drawings – spoken and sung – becomes the soundtrack to the film.
SATURDAY 17 MAY, 4PM–6PM
MARCUS COATES, The Directors,+ in conversation
The Directors, commissioned by Artangel, is a collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and five individuals in recovery from different lived experiences of psychosis. Positioned behind the camera, each of them directs Coates in a filmed restaging of particular episodes from their lives. The resulting films challenge cultural stigma through an attempt to understand different realities. Of the five short films, three will be screened: Anthony, Stephen and Lucy followed by a Q&A with Marcus Coates.
SUNDAY 18 MAY, 7PM–9PM
The Brain is a Literal Object
A film and performance event exploring autistic poetics through projections and live narration, with Joanne Dorothea-Smith, Patrycja Loranc, and Mars Saude.
Welcome to my World is a weekend programmer of artists' films and conversations exploring lived experiences of Black masculinity and depression, psychosis and neurodivergence. Taking place during Mental Health Awareness Week, the event features artists Larry Achiampong, Marcus Coates, Joanne Dorothea-Smith, Louisa Fairclough, Patrycja Loranc and Mars Saude.
FRIDAY 16 MAY, 7PM–9PM
LARRY ACHIAMPONG, GHOST_DATA_ + Q&A with Larry Achiampong and Ben Borthwick.
In A Letter (Side B), which is partially filmed on a hacked Gameboy camera, Achiampong recounts a deeply personal moment in a counselling room following a suicide attempt, offering a raw portrayal of his mental health struggles. The story unfolds against a backdrop of structural inequalities that historically, marginalised communities continue to face today. A Pledge is a work that explores the interconnected states of generational trauma, seclusion, mental and physical health and communal agency through the acts of driving and Gōjū-ryū Karate. (Trigger warning: Contains flashing lights and scenes of a sensitive nature including depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and racism).
SATURDAY 17 MAY, 3PM
LOUISA FAIRCLOUGH, Mental Falls
Mental Falls is a short lyrical essay film by Louisa Fairclough weaving the voices of singers with Louisa’s own voice in a close observation of her sister Hetta Fairclough’s sketchbook. Hetta (1973-2008) produced a remarkable sketchbook of drawings which take the form of assemblages and visual poems pulling on her own experience of anxiety, depression and mania. Page by page Louisa’s interpretation of her sister’s drawings – spoken and sung – becomes the soundtrack to the film.
SATURDAY 17 MAY, 4PM–6PM
MARCUS COATES, The Directors,+ in conversation
The Directors, commissioned by Artangel, is a collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and five individuals in recovery from different lived experiences of psychosis. Positioned behind the camera, each of them directs Coates in a filmed restaging of particular episodes from their lives. The resulting films challenge cultural stigma through an attempt to understand different realities. Of the five short films, three will be screened: Anthony, Stephen and Lucy followed by a Q&A with Marcus Coates.
SUNDAY 18 MAY, 7PM–9PM
The Brain is a Literal Object
A film and performance event exploring autistic poetics through projections and live narration, with Joanne Dorothea-Smith, Patrycja Loranc, and Mars Saude.
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