A Night of Psychogeographical Exploration in music from The
Psychogeographical Commission and Glasgow sound artist Caroline McKenzie, with
a showing of the feature film ‘The Devil’s Plantation’ by BAFTA winning
filmmaker May Miles Thomas, with an Introduction to Psychogeography by Dr David
Manderson.
Tickets£8/£6 + booking fee
The Devil’s Plantation
A feature film based on May Miles Thomas’ BAFTA-winning
website, The Devil’s Plantation promises an unforgettable journey into the
hidden corners of Glasgow. It tells the true story of amateur archaeologist
Harry Bell whose self-published book Glasgow’s Secret Geometry describes his
obsessive search for a secret network of aligned sites traversing the city. The
original work changed course after the discovery of an abandoned casefile belonging
to ex-psychiatric patient Mary Ross whose long walks in the city mirrored those
of Bell. Narrated by Kate Dickie and Gary Lewis, the film lovingly captures the
spirit of the dérive unplanned journey or drift and like any good excursion
arrives at a satisfying and surprising conclusion.
The Psychogeographical Commission
The Psychogeographical Commission are well known for
high-concept recordings based around London ‘Genius Loci’, the psychological
effect of the second half of a year ‘Patient Zero’ and the Occult origins of
the Glasgow Subway System ‘Widdershins’. For this appearance they will be
soundtracking a film based around two journeys through Maryhill, intertwining
the past with what they found whilst walking.
Caroline McKenzie
Caroline has lived close to the River Clyde for just over a
decade. In that time, she has crossed its bridges many, many times and 2 new
ones have been built. For her set, she will be considering these bridges and
the halfway point they represent; they are inherently transitional and yet we
cross them without a thought.
David Manderson
“David’s remarkable debut novel, Lost Bodies Kennedy &
Boyd has a rare quality which takes it into two camps that critics usually keep
apart, it’s both a literary novel and a compelling page turner and well worth
adding to your reading pile if, like me, you’re beginning to turn away from
genre-defined fiction and looking at new ways of telling stories. In the
Guardian Review last August in the pre-publicity surrounding Umbrella, Will
Self generated a good debate about ‘the failure of modernist fiction’ and wrote
about his anxiety in finding the right form. He ought to add Lost Bodies to his
TBR pile.” – Bookrambler, Northwords Now
