Sparky Chatroom’s Film Club
Dedicated people making a difference
Including the screening of
The Walk to Dover A film by Spartacus Chetwynd
IMAGE: The Walk to Dover, 2005
Lali Chetwynd
Film Club:
19 January 2007, from 7pm
26 January 2007, from 7pm
Additional screenings of The Walk To Dover
20, 21, 27 and 28 January 2007, 1 –6pm
Sparky Chatroom’s Film Club, Dedicated people making a difference, is a film club organised by Spartacus Chetwynd and Studio Voltaire. The club aims to showcase a variety of feature films and documentaries in social and discursive atmosphere. The programme will include live MC’ing/ fan’s commentary throughout, fast-forwarding to the best bits and popcorn.
Programme:
19 January 2007, from 7pm
The Walk to Dover*
by Spartacus Chetwynd
MERCEDES’ NIGHT
All the King’s Men
(1949/ Robert Rossen/ US)
Johnny Guitar
(1954/ Nicholas Ray/ US)
Suddenly Last Summer
(1959/ Joseph L. Mankiewicz/ US)
The Fear of God:
The Making of ‘The Exorcist”
(1998/ BBC/ UK)
26 January 2007, from 7pm
The Walk to Dover*
by Spartacus Chetwynd
CHARLTON’S NIGHT
Ben Hur
(1959/ William Wyler/ US)
Planet of the Apes
(1968/ Franklin J. Schaffner/ US)
Soylent Green
(1973/ Edward G. Robinson/ US)
Wayne’s World 2
(1993/ Penelope Spheeris/ US)
Bowling for Columbine
(2002/ Michael Moore/ US)
*The Walk to Dover
The Walk to Dover was an off-site commission for Studio Voltaire by artist Spartacus Chetwynd in September 2005. The project involved a seven-day walk from London to Dover by ‘Victorian Urchins’, as well as a send off event in London and a welcoming reception on the White Cliffs of Dover.
Emulating the narrative from Charles Dickens' semi-autobiographical novel, David Copperfield, Chetwynd led a small group of walkers from London to Dover. Starting at the oberlisk, at St Georges Circus, the walk retraced Copperfield’s journey from a Blacking Warehouse in London to Dover where he found sanctuary with his Aunt, Betsy Trotwood. As David Copperfield foraged for food on his journey, the group also attempted to live off the land, looking for food for free. Copperfield’s journey also tracked his shifting social status, exploring class structures in Victorian England.
The new film documents the journey, using stills photography and sound recordings made by the group into a collaged narrative. The film has been made by filmmaker and fellow urchin, Zoe Brown with Spartacus Chetwynd. The Walk to Dover draws comparisons between Victorian “Debt Prisons” and our current credit card culture. This builds on recent investigations into concepts of debt and a specific interest in the advice of Alvin Hall, the television financial guru.
The film will also feature in the artist’s forthcoming solo exhibition at Migros Museum, Zurich (February – April 2007). Other forthcoming solo exhibitions include Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin and Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan (both 2007). Previous performances include: Money: A Cautionary Tale, Art Perform/ Art Basel Miami Beach; Delirious, Serpentine Gallery and The Fall of Man, Tate Triennale, Tate Britain (all 2006). Spartacus Chetwynd is represented by Herald St, London and Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin.
The Walk to Dover was financially supported by The Elephant Trust.
With kind assistance from The National Trust and The Museum of Childhood, London.