Between Stigma and Enigma : Full Programme

14-27 May 2006

Who are You, Polly Maggoo? (Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?)
France 1966. Dir William Klein. 102 min.
Followed by William Klein in conversation with writer and journalist Paul Ryan and film and fashion theorist Pamela Church Gibson.
Sunday 14 May 14:00, Ciné Lumière

Ceiling (Strop)
Czechoslovakia 1962. Dir V?ra Chytilová.
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Who are You, Polly Maggoo?
Saturday 20 May 16:00, The ICA, cinema 1

Chytilová’s Ceiling and Klein’s Who are You, Polly Magoo? make two powerful comments on 1960s fashion and cinematography. Both are prime examples of cinema d’auteur but each has a strikingly different vision and sensibility. More

>Read Peter Hames' essay Vera Chytilová’s Ceiling
>Read Pamela Church Gibson's essay Qui Êtes-Vous, Polly Maggoo?
>Read quotes compiled by Inga Fraser Model and the World of Fashion

Fig Leaves
USA 1926. Dir Howard Hawks. 68 min.
In this joyful satire, Hawks light-heartedly suggests that fashion is the Satan ultimately responsible for the fall of (wo)mankind. More
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Fashion and Hollywood
Fashion writer Bronwyn Cosgrave will discuss fashion and costume design in Hollywood cinema of the 1930s, based on a chapter from her forthcoming book.

Monday 15 May 18:30, The ICA, cinema 1

>Read Marketa Uhlirova's essay Between Stigma and Enigma: The Wonderland of Fig Leaves

This programme celebrates the secret life of clothes, and the enigmatic qualities that emanate from them when animated by film. It explores the links between films by early cinema pioneers and artists on the one hand, and commercials on the other. More

With an introduction by programme co-curator Marketa Uhlirova. Followed by artist-filmmaker Anna-Nicole Ziesche in conversation with the fashion designer Hamish Morrow.

Tuesday 16 May 20:30, The ICA, cinema 1

>Read Marketa Uhlirova's essay The Enigma of the Fashion Object
>Read Caroline evans' essay Anna-Nicole Ziesche’s States of Mind and Dress
>Read Marion von Hofacker's essay Richter’s Films and the Role of the Radical Artist
1927-1941
>Read Lynda Nead's essay Georges Méliès’s Le déshabillage impossible and Ferdinand Zecca’s Monsieur et Madame sont pressées
>Read Renate Stauss' essay Erwin Wurm’s 59 Positions
>Read Sam Serafy's essay Warner’s Corset Advertisement
>Read Petra Dominková and Vaclav Kofron's essay The Extinct Globe and the Found Glove

This programme explores various routines of wearing and showing off shoes for the film camera, focusing on the notions of exhibiting, revealing, voyeurism and morality. Includes shorts Amor Pedestre and The Gay Shoe Clerk among others. More

Introduced by festival co-curator Christel Tsilibaris.

>Read Christel Tsilibaris' essay Shoes, Eroticism and Fetish
>Read Christel Tsilibaris' essay Marcel Fabre’s Amor Pedestre
>Read Charles Musser's essay On Shoes and Kisses

Vertigo
USA 1958. Dir Alfred Hitchcock. 128 mins.
With a talk by film historian Adrian Garvey.

Thursday 18 May 19:00 Ciné Lumière

Many Hitchcock films focus on transgressive female characters – strong but troubled figures who are ultimately punished for their deviance. More

>Read Adrian Garvey's essay Hitchcock's Woman of Fashion

A two-part programme which explores the fashion world through the documentary mode. More

Chop Suey
USA 2001. Dir Bruce Weber. 98 min.
Friday 19 May 18:15, The ICA, cinema 1

Model
USA 1980. Dir Frederick Wiseman. 130 min.
Monday 22 May 18:15, The ICA, cinema 1

>Read Ed Barber's essay Fashion Records

Fashion and the Second World War + Lady with a Hat by Elsa Kvamme

Confronted with the War, fashion responded by entering into a dialogue with politics. Programme includes newsreels from Pathé Gaumont Archives, British Pathé and Imperial War Museum. More

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Lady with a Hat (En Dame med hatt)
Norway 1999. Dir Elsa Kvamme. Approx 68 min.

Saturday 20 May 20:00, The Horse Hospital
Wednesday 24 May 18:30, The ICA, cinema 2

>Read Marketa Uhlirova and Bakri Bakhit's essay Wardrobe Emergencies

A programme of artist films, newsreels and fashion shorts exploring the art of posing, followed by fashion photographer Jean-François Carly and fashion designer Shelley Fox in conversation with Penny Martin, Editor-in-Chief of SHOWstudio. More

Sunday 21 May 17:00, The Horse Hospital

>Read Christel Tsilibaris' essay Assuming a Pose
>Read David Bate's essay Patricia & Marie-France Martin’s C’est comme être
>Read Sam Serafy's essay Four Beautiful Pairs of Legs
>Read Penny Martin's essay Shelly Fox 14 and I Feel

A programme which concentrates on the idea of a woman dressing and undressing in her own private space. With an introduction by Alistair O’Neill. More

Puce Moment
USA 1949. Dir Kenneth Anger.

Twinkle
France 1992. Dir Sylvie Fleury.

Boccaccio ’70 -The Job (Il Lavoro)
Italy 1962. Dir Luchino Visconti.

Friday 26 May 20:30, The ICA, Cinema 1. approx. 96 min.

>Read Alistair O'neill's essay Dressing and Undressing

This Saturday film-marathon guest-curated by Roger K. Burton illustrates how fashion in its extreme sits uncomfortably in the real world. More

Paris is Burning
USA 1990. Dir Jennie Livingston.

Liquid Sky
USA 1982. Dir Slava Tsukerman.

The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield
USA 1968. Dir Charles W. Broun Jr, & Joel Holt.

True Stories
USA 1986. Dir David Byrne.

Saturday 27 May. Two double-bills starting at 15:00 and 19:10, The Horse Hospital

>Read Roger K. Burton's essay Loving the Alien