Still from ‘Stiletto’ by Adam Roberts
Filmarmalade presents Lil Joe’s, 9/11, Porn, Yanks and Murder…
‘Stiletto’ – Adam Roberts
12th November 2009 18:00
The third in the ‘Filmarmalade Presents Lil Joe’s, 9/11, Porn, Yanks and Murder…’ series of artist film and video screenings at IMT.
Adam Roberts’ ‘Stiletto’, enacts a few moments in the life of a young orphaned boy who restlessly wiles away the time in the suburban idyll of his aunt’s unloving home. Haunted by self-doubt and loathing for all that surrounds him, he creates through a series of ritualistic offerings, an animal deity, which he keeps caged in a shed at the bottom of the garden and whose existence ultimately leads to a horrific finale.
The screening also includes an interview, specially commissioned with Adam Roberts at Gordon Shrigley’s studio with Miranda Pennell and Jonathan Romney.
Still from ‘An Interview with Adam Roberts’ by Gordon Shrigley
Adam Roberts’ recently screened work at Performatica, Mexico, the Zodiak Festival, Helsinki, the Point, Eastleigh, The Filmhuis, Den Haag and at Todds Gallery, Hastings. He was born in Colombia and lives and works in London.
Filmarmalade is an artist run project established to publish on DVD selected artists’ films and video works, so as to encourage a wider access to the moving image and to allow a greater understanding, through specially commissioned interviews of how each artist situates their work, in relation to the history of art and contemporary fine art practice.
A limited edition DVD of Adam Roberts ‘Stiletto’, published by Filmarmalade will be available to buy on the night for £12.99