Solar Flares Burn For You
Friday 16th September, 20h
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 42-44 Pollard Row, London, E2 6NB

An evening of psychedelic cine-sonic shape-shifting

Featuring:
*rarely seen psychedelic underground films from the BFI - pow!
*cosmic music by Raagnagrok - k-blamm!
*guest DJs Julian House and Jim Jupp (Ghost Box Records) - zonk!
*light projections by Bardo Light Show and Anti-Gravity Chamber - zap!

‘Solar Flares Burn For You’ presents a specially curated programme, of rarely seen short psychedelic and pop-art films (1967-73), all originally produced with the financial assistance of the BFI and now preserved in the BFI National Archive. To mark this triumphant return to the public psyche, the films will be screened at East London’s Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club on Friday 16th September from 8pm.

Famed for hosting underground burlesque nights, performance art and raucous music events, for this evening only the venue will be transformed into an immersive moving image environment to invoke the spirit of the original underground arts lab culture from which the films emerged.

Moving outside of the staid and reverential space of the traditional cinema theatre, ‘Solar Flares Burn For You’ will harness moving images and sonic experimentation to take you beyond the screen and into the fabric of a live happening in which all are welcome to participate.

With the 90 minute programme of short films forming the centrepiece of the event, the screening will segue into a special live music performance by Raagnagrok, visually augmented by a live mix of visuals by the Bardo Light Show and the Anti-Gravity Chamber.

Independence Returns
September 9 to October 2, 2011
Opening Friday September 9, 18-21h w/ live projections & performances
featuring works by:
Peggy Ahwesh, Michel Auder, Agnes Bolt, Martha Colburn, Raul Vincent Enriquez, Bradley Eros, James Fotopoulos, Su Friedrich, Andrew Lampert, Jonas Mekas, Allison Somers, and Nick Zedd

INDEPENDENCE, Microscope Gallery’s inaugural exhibit, returns to kick off our second year with an exciting line up of new works by emerging and internationally recognized artists. All of the artists have previously exhibited or screened at Microscope and some will also be featured in the upcoming season. With nine exhibitions and over seventy screenings and performances behind us, our focus continues to be on presenting film, video, sound, performance and other time-based artists of uncompromising artistic vision.

Hackney Film Festival Experimental Performance Event
September 16th 2011, 20h
Cafe OTO
18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, E8 3DL London

Expanding on last year's debut festival, HFF's events programme branches to experimental film and video works with a special collaborative performance event. HFF and LUX have co-curated a selection of visual and sound artists. Three duos will perform together for the first time, premiering brand new works celebrating experimentation in live moving image and sound.

The Hackney Film Festival is a not-for-profit organisation and a collective of local filmmakers and artists. Our aim is to create a rich film culture within the London borough of Hackney, by creating a platform for local filmmakers and audio-visual artists to have their work showcased to the community and the wider audience of London. The Hackney Film Festival has been established for the benefit of the public through an annual event of film screenings, Q&As, live audio-visual performances and workshops.

Line-up
Heather Phillipson & Matt Hammond
Lucy Parker & Tom White
Jenna Collins & Mark Peter Wright