Some Day All The Adults Will Die
Sun, 07 Oct 2012
I went to see the great exhibition of punk art and design that's on at the Hayward Gallery on the South Bank in London at the moment. Entitled Some Day All The Adults Will Die, it brings together work by better know punk artists, such as Jamie Reid and Gee Vaucher, as well as numerous anonymous artists. The work on display includes many classic stencilled and cut-up designs, Xeroxed fanzines, 7" single covers and cassette cases.
For me, the highlight of the show was a large collection of Crass stencils that were arranged together as a single image. The stencils, covered in layers of paint from use, were used around London by members of Crass the late 1970s and early 1980s.
In the evening I also went to the Raindance Film Festival in Piccadilly and saw a showing of At Night I Fly, a film about New Folsom prison by Michel Wenzer. It was a very powerful film. It was preceeded by a performance of America and How! by Penny Rimbaud.
This was followed by Gee Vaucher's new film Angel. The 40 minute moving image of the face of a young girl is surprisingly engaging and thought provoking.
The exhibition at the Hayward runs until 4th November. You can find out more about At Night I Fly on the film's website and I'm sure future showings of Angel will be advertised on the Exitstencil Press website. My photographs from the exhibition can be found on my Flickr page, with a set also devoted to the Crass stencils.
