Film Screening: The Institution
The Institution, Dir. Ian Breakwell, UK, 1977-1979, 54 mins, Colour, sound,16mm
The Institution (directed by Ian Breakwell and Kevin Coyne) emerged from Breakwell’s work at Rampton Hospital as part of the Artist Placement Group which placed artists within Rampton and Broadmoor high security hospitals. Breakwell’s experimental documentary is a critique of the institution of mental health care and is more directly articulated in a report co-written with a group of architects on the proposed top-to-bottom restructuring of Rampton Hospital that was proposed at the time he made the film.
This screening will include a conversation and Q&A.
This event is part of Acting Out Nottingham: a festival across venues in Nottingham April-May 2015 including performance, moving image, exhibitions, music and discussions bringing together the arts and mental health. A collaboration with The University of the Arts, London.