Gerðarsafn invites you to a screening of the films Everybody in the Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992 (2018) and Our Hobby is Depeche Mode (2008) by Jeremy Deller at Salurinn the 29th May klukkan 19:00.
In his film Everybody in the Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992 (2018), Jeremy Deller traces connections between rave culture and theminers’ protests of the mid-1980s. He examines how grassroot movements intersect with political landscapes and are a mode of civil disobedience, particularly in Northern England, where illegal dance events were held in abandoned factories, with young people quite literally dancing on the ruins of the industrial age.
The film takes the form of a lecture, in which Deller presents these ideas to a group of secondary school students, inviting them to interpret and construct their own meanings. The work highlights Deller’s role as an educator, as he captures complex ideas and communicates them in a dynamic and generous way.
Our Hobby is Depeche Mode (2008) reflects on how people intimately embrace pop culture and then appropriate and use it in their own lives. As one of their myriad international fans says, ‘It sounds crazy, but it’s our hobby. Depeche Mode isn’t just our passion. Other people go to the gym or do sport. Our hobby is Depeche Mode.’
For this project, Deller and co-director Nick Abrahams travelled to Russia, Mexico, the US, Germany, Romania, Iran, Brazil and Canada to film fans of the Basildon synth band.
Admission is free and all are welcome!
The following image is a still from Everybody in the Place (2018). Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/ Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
