Special screening of the 20th anniversary of Next: A Primer on Urban Painting.
This documentary, co-produced with agnès b, takes place in the United States, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Germany, England, Spain, Japan, and Brazil, and features painters, writers, designers, and members of the global graffiti/street art community who show us their work and illustrate the evolution of modern graffiti from its beginnings in 1970s New York to the early 2000s. This film captured the early days of the global street art movement with many artists who are still active and even more famous today. Trailblazers like Lee Quiñones and Doze Green are given their proper treatment within contemporary art history. It also profiles the next generation of artists that are beginning to make their mark.
Made at the dawn of the digital revolution, Aravena shot his film using a combination of digital video, Super-16, and 35mm, borrowing the modus operandi of the street artists themselves to assemble a collage of sequences into a film that is as free and dynamic as the work of its subjects.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Pablo Aravena, hosted by Cedar Lewisohn.
Pablo Aravena is a London-based Chilean-Canadian filmmaker and curator. His acclaimed documentaries, including NEXT: A Primer on Urban Painting and Chile Estyle, explore street art and urban subcultures across the globe. He’s now working on Aqui Estamos, a portrait of the UK Latin club music scene.
Cedar Lewisohn is a writer, artist and curator based in London. He curated the exhibition Street Art at Tate Modern in 2008 and is the author of the book Street Art: The Graffiti Revolution, published in the same year.
