Join GP Surgery in The Atrium Bar for a special experimental short film showcase on 16mm film titled “Biophilia: Healing Through Nature", a night of exploring the wonderful and healing effects of nature on the human mind and spirit. 

For the first time in Garden Cinema history, GP Surgery will be projecting 16mm film! Found in the LUX Moving Image archive, curators Jaison Washington (he/they) and Nicole Atkinson (she/her) selected a body of works that use structural and conceptual experimental filmmaking techniques to highlight aspects of the natural world, humanity, and the beauty of coexistence with nature. We will be showing works on 16mm film prints by Ben Rivers, Stan Brakhage, Emily Richardson, and William Raban. We will be joined by Film Projectionist John Wilders. The list of film prints we will be showing is:

Breath (1974) Directed by William Raban

The Garden of Earthly Delights (1981) Dir. Stan Brakhage

Aspect (2004) Dir. Emily Richardson

Sørdal (2008) Dir. Ben Rivers

This is My Land (2006) Dir. Ben Rivers

This screening will be accompanied by a digital film titled Get Some Sunshine (2022) by Ellie Kyungran Heo. Exploring the filmmaker's mother and her companionship she found with plants during COVID-19 Isolation.

GP Surgery is a new kind of film collective specialising in Experimental Film and Artist Moving Image as a means of catharsis, healing, and challenging our audience. We are creating a community where attendees feel comfortable sharing their personal experiences of viewing the films while meeting like-minded individuals. If you have an idea for a screening for GP surgery, or would like to know more about the collective, please find us on Instagram @gpsurgeryldn

Jaison Washington (he/they) is an independent film curator, researcher, and filmmaker based in London. Nicole Atkinson (she/her) is a  Final year PhD candidate on a CHASE funded Collaborative Doctoral Award at Birkbeck and LUX, researching artists’ moving image associated with channel 4 between 1982-1992”.

Note that The Garden Cinema is Fully Wheelchair Accessible. Some films contain strobing lights and flashing imagery for photosensitive and epileptic viewers.