Illuminating the Wilderness - BFI Southbank Programme Notes

+ discussion with artists and makers from Project Art Works

Illuminating the Wilderness offers a window onto the experiences of a group of neurodiverse artists, filmmakers, families and carers as they explore Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands. Artists Ben Rivers and Margaret Salmon join the journey, which charts the pleasures and challenges of neurodiverse responses to the landscape with humour and tenderness.

Our post-screening discussion will consider perceptions of ‘wilderness’, experimental form and cultural inclusion. Screening with short films from Project Art Works. Nominated for both The Jarman Award 2020 and The Turner Prize 2021, Project Art Works is a collective who work to increase representation of neuro-minorities in art and culture.

We have produced a booklet about Illuminating the Wilderness which gives a transcript and more information about the making of the film. You can download here.
https://projectartworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Illuminating-the-Wilderness-V3-LR41-copy.pdf

Illuminating the Wilderness
Directors: Kate Adams, Tim Corrigan
UK 2019
40 mins

No Church in the Wild
UK 2015
7 mins

Tessellate
UK 2016
2 mins

www.projectartworks.org

BFI Southbank has been awarded the National Autistic Society’s Autism Friendly Award.

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Wednesday 18 May 18:15 NFT1
PREMIERE: WAYFINDER + Q&A with director Larry Achiampong
Tuesday 21 June 18:15 NFT3
EXPERIMENTA MIXTAPE: S02 E01 Curated by Onyeka Igwe
Wednesday 08 June 18:00 NFT3

Relaxed screenings
Relaxed screenings are presented each month for those in the neurodiverse community, their assistants and carers.

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Doors will open 30 minutes before the screening.

No trailers will be shown.

The programme will be introduced.

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