Your Forever Shoes – Remembering Derek Jarman

Her firm conviction that co-creation is the way to make groundbreaking films goes back to the nine years Swinton spent working with the collective of artists that formed around Derek Jarman. An experience that was formative for her career.

Derek Jarman (1942-1994) was a British artist, filmmaker, costume designer, scenery designer, writer, poet and gay activist. As a film director, he became known principally for his Romantic (in the sense of grand and compelling) underground films. Jarman is seen as a trailblazer within British film and a major force within queer cinema. Among his best-known films are Blue (1993), The Garden (1990) and Caravaggio (1986), a biographical drama on the life of the tormented sixteenth-century painter. Caravaggio was also Tilda Swinton’s debut as a film actor.

To commemorate and celebrate her collaboration with Jarman, Tilda Swinton invited composer Simon Fisher Turner and producer James Mackay to an evening of reminiscences around his groundbreaking work.

With a screening of the 2K scan of Sloane Square (Derek Jarman, 1976, 9') made as part of the ongoing conservation project by the Luma Foundation.

Performance

At 20:00, there will also be a live version of the performance Bliss #2, a new version of the precursor to Jarman’s last film, Blue (1993).