New film by Deimantas Narkevičius screened at Tate Modern
16 April, 2010. The world premiere of eight new LUX/ICO Artists Cinema commissions by Gerard Byrne, Keren Cytter, Aurélien Froment, Amar Kanwar, Deimantas Narkevičius, Rosalind Nashashibi, Catherine Sullivan with Farhad Sharmini and Akram Zaatari will take place at Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium. Produced on 35mm, the films have been commissioned to individually intervene in cinema programmes across the UK, consciously responding to the cinema context, from April 2010. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Keren Cytter, Aurélien Froment and Deimantas Narkevičius, moderated by Ian White.
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16 April, 7pm. Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium, Bankside, London SE1 9TG. £5 (£4 concessions), booking recommended: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/film/20935.htm
