DOORS: 7.PM
Presented by Mikatonic, this talk explores how cinematic representations of the asylum and its patients have reflected real-life developments in psychiatry, including the demolition of Victorian institutions and moves toward community-based care in the late 20th century. We will also see how film itself played a role in these developments, with documentary exposés of asylum life like Frederick Wiseman's Titicut Follies (1967) revealing the real-life horrors of the institution.
Amurmur is a platform celebrating memory, enshrinement and archives. For our first event, through readings and budding projects, a selection of artists share their impassioned ways of engaging with the past. Followed by a screening of a film by Ines Barquet and Ximena Prieto, based on an idea by Alexia Marmara.
