Something Glamorous, Something Awkward: screening & discussion

Screening of the short film Something Glamorous, Something Awkward followed by discussion with Mr X and Bethlem Gallery.

The short film Something Glamorous, Something Awkward conveys the story of Mr X who has been in state care most of his life. He builds extraordinary structures out of found objects. As he prepares to leave hospital, his objects become space vehicles to travel across society’s boundaries. He builds for us a vision of his new life.

The 25-minute screening will be followed by a Q&A.

Chair:

Sophie Leighton is Bethlem Gallery's director and has responsibility for overseeing the gallery’s current and future activity, strategies and programmes. A curator by training, her previous roles include working at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Freud Museum. She is a Clore Fellow 2017/18 and a PhD student.

Panel:

Mr X is an artist living in London. Over decades he has been making structures out of cardboard and found materials. The works are often mobile and usually large enough to inhabit, creating alternative spaces that resist institutional constraints. He is represented by Bethlem Gallery. Mr Xʼs work has been exhibited widely in venues including Southwark Park Gallery, Manchester Contemporary and the Southbank Centre.

Leanne Dimant is a film director raised in Canada, now based in Wales. She has created content for organisations such as the British Red Cross, Glastonbury Festival and the V&A Museum. Recently she was awarded the Voices With Impact Grant, 2024 USA/Canada) to make a film about serious mental illness.

Lucy Owen is a freelance producer. She specialises in initialising, developing and producing projects with a wide range of artists from those that are part of the establishment to those that are marginalised. She has over twenty yearsʼ experience working across creative disciplines in film, theatre, publishing and live events.

Josip Lizatovic is Croatian born visual artist living in London. He has studied at School of Applied Arts and Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, and City of London Polytechnic, Sir John Cass, London. Since 2000 he has been collaborating with the Bethlem Gallery, actively fostering art practices and nurturing emerging artists within a hospital environment.

Free entry, booking required.