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The Lacey Rituals

#1 Post by antnield » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:20 pm

From the BFI's website:
An extraordinary collection of films from British counter-culture hero and artist Bruce Lacey, including Richard Lester's The Running, Jumping & Standing Still Film.
Further info here, discussing the upcoming Lacey season at Camden Arts Centre:
Bruce Lacey is one of Britain's great visionary artists. His lifetime pursuit of eccentric 'making and doing' has been a cathartic working-through of his experiences. This survey of a rich and diverse artistic production is a celebration of both his vibrant life (which includes working with Spike Milligan, The Beatles and Ken Russell) and his art which reveals telling links with the visual culture of the last 60 years. Co-curated by artist Jeremy Deller and art historian Professor David Alan Mellor, the exhibition charts Lacey's artistic development in a career encompassing painting, sculpture, robotised assemblages, theatrical performances and installations, as well as community arts and ritual action performances. To coincide with this retrospective, Jeremy Deller (with Nicholas Abrahams are directing a film made in collaboration with Lacey which has its London premiere at BFI Southbank on 5 July. The BFI will also be issuing a DVD of Lacey's film work and films of his performances, and hosting a Bruce Lacey Season.

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#2 Post by antnield » Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:40 pm

July 16th

Ken Russell is among the directors so Preservation Man (for BBC's Monitor) will definitely be included.

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#3 Post by antnield » Fri May 04, 2012 6:47 am

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#5 Post by MichaelB » Sat Jun 16, 2012 7:23 am

Full specs announced:
The Lacey Rituals: Films by Bruce Lacey (and friends)

Who links The Beatles, Ken Russell, Peter Cook, Richard Lester, Fairport Convention, The Goons, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, cartoonist Bob Godfrey (Roobarb) and Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller? The answer: Mr Bruce Lacey. And if Bruce Lacey himself has somehow remained ‘off our radar’ in recent times, it wasn’t always like that. A legendary figure on the British counter-cultural art scene during the 1960s, Lacey has enjoyed five decades of defining cultural moments, collaborating with all manner of filmmakers, musicians and artists, and making appearances in such era-defining pop cultural experiences as Help! and Not Only… But Also.

In the 1960s Lacey was known for his unpredictable humour and strong political views; his wide-ranging and idiosyncratic art practice saw him construct all manner of mechanical, sci-fi devices and robotic beings as well as exhibiting films and interactive environments in the era’s groundbreaking, underground art-happenings scene. His work also made it into more overtly prestigious galleries and he was a regular on TV and in film. He was the flute-playing gardener in Help! and a mad scientist in Smashing Time. He collaborated with cult photographer-filmmaker George Harrison Marks on the comedy film Uncle’s Tea Party and had a song named after him on a Fairport Convention LP.

Whether over or underground, everything Lacey did pushed the boundaries. He continued on this course during the 1970s with his wife and collaborator, artist Jill Bruce (now Smith). Together, they made lively community art and explored the rhythms of the Earth through pagan-style rituals and documentation of ancient sites.

Bruce Lacey exerted considerable influence on post-War culture yet, bafflingly, much of his work has remained obscure and little seen in recent years. This July, the BFI and Camden Arts Centre celebrate and revisit the richness and diversity of his output with a 2-disc DVD set The Lacey Rituals: Films by Bruce Lacey (and friends), released on 23 July, and The Lacey Rituals, a special season of his rarely-screened films and TV shows at BFI Southbank from 5 – 31 July. The Bruce Lacey Experience, a major new exhibition at Camden Arts Centre runs from 7 July – 16 September.

The Lacey Rituals: Films by Bruce Lacey (and friends) is an indispensible 2-DVD collection which finally brings together many of Lacey’s rarely-seen films for the very first time. It includes The Running, Jumping & Standing Still Film (Richard Lester, 1960), The Lacey Rituals (1973), a delightful and experimental home movie featuring Lacey’s children and much more. Also featured is The Bruce Lacey Experience (2012), the new film by Turner prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams (which is premiered on 5 July to launch the BFI Southbank season.) Accompanying the discs is an illustrated booklet of film notes and newly-commissioned essays with contributions from Richard Lester and art curator Jasia Reichardt.

Disc 1

EARLY FILMS
Head in Shadow (1951)
Agib and Agab (1953)
The Running, Jumping & Standing Still Film (1960)
Battle of New Orleans (1960)
Everybody’s Nobody (1960)
Uncle’s Tea Party (1962)
One Man Band (1965)

HUMAN BEHAVIOUR FILMS
Kissing Film (1967)
How to Have a Bath (1971)
The Lacey Rituals (1973)
Double Exposure (1975)

Disc 2

PERFORMANCES AND DOCUMENTATION
The Flying Alberts (1965)
The Flying Alberts (Bruce Lacey edit) (1965)
Humanoid Race (1965)
Universal Integrator (1971)
Laceys at Home (1972)
British Landing on the Moon (1973)
Outside in (extract) (1973)
R.O.S.A B.O.S.O.M (1996)
If I Had a Talking Picture of You (2002)

PERFORMANCE INSERTS
Heads, Bodies and Legs (1973)
Stella Chase (1974)

EARTH RITUALS AND LATER FILMS
Awakening of the Earth Goddess, Rougham (1982)
Castlerigg (c. 1981)
Wales Stone Circles (c. 1981)
Breaking Away to Come Together (1984)
The Re-Awakening of My Ancestral Spirits (1987)

The Bruce Lacey Experience (Jeremy Deller & Nick Abrahams, 2012)

RRP: £22.99 / cat. no. BFIVD942 / Cert 18
UK / 1951 – 2012 / colour and black & white / 365 mins / mixed aspect ratios

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#8 Post by MichaelB » Sat Jul 21, 2012 4:12 am

Mondo Digital: "If this release doesn't make your head spin, nothing will!"

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#9 Post by knives » Sun May 05, 2013 11:35 pm

antnield wrote:July 16th

Ken Russell is among the directors so Preservation Man (for BBC's Monitor) will definitely be included.
So I'm finally digging into this and noticed that this statement doesn't seem to be true (unless it's completely unlisted). Is there any official reason for it not being included?

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Re: The Lacey Rituals

#10 Post by MichaelB » Mon May 06, 2013 3:48 am

knives wrote:
antnield wrote:July 16th

Ken Russell is among the directors so Preservation Man (for BBC's Monitor) will definitely be included.
So I'm finally digging into this and noticed that this statement doesn't seem to be true (unless it's completely unlisted). Is there any official reason for it not being included?
BBC licensing fees, I imagine.

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Re: The Lacey Rituals

#11 Post by knives » Mon May 06, 2013 12:35 pm

Damn unfortunate. The title doc is good enough where it doesn't really matter though.

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