Derek Jarman

Famous quotes by Derek Jarman:

"The slow-witted approach to the HIV epidemic was the result of a thousand years of Christian malpractice and the childlike approach of the church to sexuality. If any single man was responsible, it was Augustine of Hippo who murdered his way to sainthood spouting on about the sins located in his genitals."

"All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It's like an ideal of racial purity."

"I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away."

"Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law. Understand that we are you. Understand that if we decide to have sex whether safe, safer, or unsafe, it is our decision and you have no rights in our lovemaking."

"An orgasm joins you to the past. Its timelessness becomes the brotherhood; the brethren are lovers; they extend the ''family.'' I share that sexuality. It was then, is now and will be in the future."

"Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law."

"I wouldn't wish the eighties on anyone, it was the time when all that was rotten bubbled to the surface. If you were not at the receiving end of this mayhem you could be unaware of it."

"These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to have to decide which terms to use and where we use them. For me to use the word ''queer'' is a liberation; it was a word that frightened me, but no longer."

"The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion."

"Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away."

"I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying."

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The Radical Act of Gardening

The Atlantic 10 Jul 2024

Surveying some of the most beloved gardens and landscapes in the United Kingdom—such as Suffolk’s ornate Shrubland Hall and Prospect Cottage, the artist Derek Jarman’s humble seaside retreat in ...

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‘I wish my parents were alive so I could tell them I’m a concept’: Tilda Swinton and Julio Torres on elves, slaps and giving dignity to toilets

The Observer 05 Jul 2024

For Swinton, it was becoming a muse to Derek Jarman, and joining his coterie, that made her feel she belonged ... Making films with Derek Jarman was a way of life, not just a way of workingTilda Swinton.

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Birkbeck's Derek Jarman Lab premieres new documentary co-directed with Tilda Swinton (Birkbeck - University of London)

Public Technologies 03 Jul 2024

Birkbeck's Derek Jarman Lab has debutedits latest project, The Hexagonal Hiveand a Mouse in a Maze, at Sheffield DocFest ... The Jarman Lab, inspired by the ... Find courses through the Derek Jarman Lab.

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Shakespeare goes pop: the best of the bard’s work updated on screen

The Guardian 01 Jul 2024

A new season of films celebrates how different directors have found a way to bring Shakespeare’s work forward, from Baz Luhrmann to Derek Jarman What is the Shakespeare canon if not the ideal treasure ...

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Cathy Sweeney: Almost everyone I know who rents in Ireland is now desperate to find a way out of it

The Irish Times 30 Jun 2024

... Grand Designs; Garden Rescue; Home of the Year; The Great House Revival; Cheap Irish Homes – I found myself thinking of Prospect Cottage, the last home of the film-maker and artist, Derek Jarman.

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Why Bronski Beat’s anthem of gay culture resonates 40 years on

AOL 30 Jun 2024

In the decades since its release, the song has become as indivisible from the story of British gay equality as the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde, the murder of Joe Orton, the work of Derek Jarman or the agit-prop politics of Peter Tatchell ... .

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Hacked Game Boys and horseplay! Jarman award shortlist celebrates thinking outside the box

AOL 20 Jun 2024

The Jarman award, named after pioneering film-maker Derek Jarman, has earned a reputation for spotting rising talent within the UK art scene.

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‘Pile of old wood’: Salisbury residents say sculpture spoils cathedral view

AOL 19 Jun 2024

... Chesney that gives cathedral visitors a chance to listen to birdsong from four continents, and paintings by the artist and activist Derek Jarman exploring the joy that can be found in the garden.

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6 interesting things to do in Dublin this weekend (June 14-16)

RTE 14 Jun 2024

Here are just a few of the fantastic events taking place in Dublin this weekend (June 14-16).. Taste of Dublin ... Bloomsday ... Derek Jarman's House by Gilbert McCarragher; the screening of Derek Jarman's The Angelic Conversation and Brunch with SHREM ... .

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These films changed queer representation forever. We spoke with their earliest champion

The Los Angeles Times 14 Jun 2024

The Beginnings of New Queer Cinema.” The showcase, which kicks off June 15, will be screening titles such as Derek Jarman’s melancholy regal drama “Edward II,” Todd Haynes’ controversial feature debut ...

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‘Naked Acts’ is one of the year’s great discoveries, plus more of the week’s best films

The Los Angeles Times 14 Jun 2024

Gregg Araki will be present for a conversation following a screening of his 1992 “The Living End.” Also screening will be Derek Jarman’s 1991 “Edward II,” Jennie Livingston’s 1990 “Paris Is Burning,” ...

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‘The most promiscuous man in town’: the life, loves and legendary sex parties of Dennis Severs

The Observer 13 Jun 2024

Time seems to have stood still at Dennis Severs’ House ... View image in fullscreen ... He acquired a cult following among creatives, including David Hockney and Derek Jarman, and high-status celebrities including Princess Margaret and Lady Bird Johnson ... .

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‘Mrs. Doubtfire,’ Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival and everything you need to know about arts and ...

The Los Angeles Times 13 Jun 2024

The Beginnings of New Queer Cinema Series features groundbreaking films from the early 1990s by Gregg Araki, Cheryl Dunye, Todd Haynes, Rose Troche, Derek Jarman, Isaac Julien and Gus Van Sant.

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Derek Jarman's Cottage As His Final Work Of Art

Scoop 11 Jun 2024

Coinciding with a survey of Jarman’s work in ...

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‘We anchored ourselves in wild adventure!’ Tilda Swinton on her trippy film about learning, AI and neuroscience

The Observer 11 Jun 2024

“It has been dreamt up by the Derek Jarman Lab between 2016 and 2042, in conversations with thinkers both living and not, a caterpillar and one or two algorithms.” ... ‘A great encourager’ … Swinton in Derek Jarman’s The Last of England (1987).