Join GP Surgery and Myohanse in The Atrium Bar for a special event titled ‘Blues and The Moon’, a night of moon-related experimental films and excerpts of iconic blues and jazz music performance videos. Channeling the energy of the Blue Mead Moon and healing through the combination of music and the power of the Blue moon.

We will be showcasing a variety of experimental films about the moon, including a 16mm film print from the London Filmmakers Cooperative era and held at LUX Moving Image titled “Moonthinking” (1990) Dir. Pauline Wakeham. This film is “a meditation on the moon, on the moon and her mother, an elemental expression of chaos and poetic symmetry. Projected forwards and backwards, waxing and waning, it is a challenge to linear order and a homage to the feminine that rises up within me, to my mother and to the great mother. – P.W.”. We will also be screening a 16mm film print from Lightcone Library in Paris titled “Moonplay” (1962) Dir. Marie Menken which is a lunar fantasy in animated stop-motion of the moon shot on various nights, blinking and darting around within Menken’s field of vision. We will also be screening a few digital mystery moon shorts alongside these prints.

In addition to our experimental programme we will be carefully intertwining clips from iconic Blues and Jazz Performances from artists such as Nina Simone, Otis Redding, Billie Holiday, Sade and more…We’ll also have some exciting raffle prizes including a vinyl record, book, and more!

We are delighted to be joined by moon-fanatic Mary Yohanse who is co-curator of this programme. We are additionally honoured to be joined once again by 16mm Film Projectionist John Wilders.

About the collective:

GP Surgery is a film collective founded by Jaison Washington (he/they) who is an independent film curator, archivist at LUX Moving Image, researcher, and filmmaker based in London. GP Surgery specialises in Experimental Film and Artist Moving Image as a means of catharsis, healing, and challenging our audience.

Some films contain strobing lights and flashing imagery for photosensitive and epileptic viewers.

Please note that whilst The Garden Cinema is wheelchair accessible, the cinema can only accommodate one wheelchair user in the Atrium. Please visit The Garden Cinema accessibility page for more information about how to book this.