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CAMERON JAMIE
Kranky Klaus / BB / Spook House

Talks and Events

November – December 2003

American artist and filmmaker Cameron Jamie’s investigations into violent suburban rituals are revealed in his new films Spook House and Kranky Klaus – urgent, unaffected and alarming journeys into the heart of vernacular culture. In Spook House Jamie explores the spook houses of Detroit in the days running up to Halloween and Kranky Klaus unearths unseasonally violent behaviour by a legendary beast called the Krampus at Christmas time in Austria. Both films will be screened with Jamie’s earlier acclaimed film about backyard wrestlers, BB. Jamie’s vertiginous takes on these rituals are heightened by the elemental sounds of highly influential band, The Melvins, who will play specially created live soundtrack music at each performance. A programme of talks and events will take place during November and December drawing on themes evolved from Jamie’s films.

Cameron Jamie in conversation
with Alex Farquharson
Thursday 27 November, 7:30pm
The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, Bloomsbury,
London WC1N

Jamie’s practice encompasses films, drawings and wrestling photographs. He recently opened a cavernous installation at de Vleeshal in Middleburg and his work has generated critical acclaim across Europe. Curator, critic and West Coast aficionado Alex Farquharson talks with Jamie about his fascination with pathological manifestations from the valleys of LA to the mountains of Old Europe.

Tickets £7.00 (£5.00 concessions) available in advance from The Horse Hospital on 020 7833 3644 or email popculture@thehorsehospital.com. Pay bar. Underground: Russell Sq.


Cameron Jamie and The Melvins
Friday 28 November, 6:30pm,
before the Camden Forum performance
Jorene Celeste pub, 256 Kentish Town Rd, London NW5

Free event. Underground: Kentish Town

Jamie is internationally acclaimed yet his work has never been shown before in the UK. The Melvins’ legendary hard noise conceptual rock has influenced bands from Nirvana to Infinite Livez. Chris Bohn (Reviews Editor at The Wire) and Darren Flook (Director of Contemporary Art, Entwistle, and Director of HOTEL) discuss Cameron Jamie’s past work, the singular sound of The Melvins, their collaboration and relationship to West Coast countercultures.

Interaction Projects
Two new Interaction projects developed in response to Jamie's work. David Blandy worked with young people from the Avenues Youth Project in Westminster to explore street slang and underground codes in Backslang. Artist Donald Urquhart, actor Chris Robson and performers from Cardboard Citizen created Noël Noir a twisted take on traditional pantomime.