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Screening of short films by Cerith Wyn Evans and Steve Farrer
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As part of the exhibition Forms in Space… through Light (in Time)
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View of the exhibition Cerith Wyn Evans – Forms in Space… through Light (in Time), MAAT, 2025. Photo: Nuno Moreira
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10/01/2026
- 10/01/2026
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Cerith Wyn Evans, who began his career in experimental cinema, maintains a close relationship with film as an instrument of language and perception. Over the course of a decade, Wyn Evans and Steve Farrer presented ‘performative screenings’ of their experimental films around the world. Spanning the period from 1974 to 2014, these films reflect on the practice of image-making, performance, and the nature of cinema itself.
Date: 10/01/2026
Schedule: 15.00–16.30
Location: MAAT Central
Language: English
Price: Museum admission ticket and all applicable discounts
- Access is subject to capacity, so those who wish to attend must collect a wristband from the museum’s ticket office (MAAT Central).
- Wristbands can be collected 1h30 hours before the event.
- MAAT Friends benefit from free entry to the museum, but must also collect a wristband.
Screenings
Cerith Wyn Evans
Still Life With Phrenology Head, 1979
8mm
Duration: 14 minutes
Steve Farrer
Swingeing London, 1974
16mm, sound
Duration: 4 minutes
Mirror Films, Brighton Beach, 1974
16mm, 2-channel
Duration: 10 minutes
Ten drawings, 1976
16mm, black-and-white print
Duration: 20 minutes
One second cube, 2014
35mm, colour
Duration: 4 minutes and 33 seconds
Lip sync film (working title), 1980
16mm, black-and-white film, sound
Duration: 9 minutes and 43 seconds
Streets of London, 1979, re-made 2009
6mm, colour
Duration: 3 minutes and 48 seconds
Kiss 25, 1991
35mm
Duration: 8 minutes
About the artists
Cerith Wyn Evans
Cerith Wyn Evans (1958, Llanelli, Wales) is known for his diverse artistic practices, including sculpture, installation, photography, film, and text, and for his unique approach to art, often exploring themes such as language, perception, and temporality. Having studied at Saint Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London, Evans collaborated with Derek Jarman, who had a significant influence on his career. Although he used film and video in his early works, neon lights and text came to play a major role in his production, often incorporating literary and philosophical references and creating immersive and provocative experiences.
In 2003, Cerith Wyn Evans represented Wales in the country’s debut as a national representation at the 50th Venice Biennale, where he also participated in 1995 and 2017. His artistic career is marked by participation in major international exhibitions such as Documenta 11, Kassel (2002), the Istanbul Biennial (2005), the Yokohama Triennial (2008), Skulptur Projekte Münster (2017), and the Liverpool Biennial (2021), and solo exhibitions at prominent institutions such as Tate Britain, London (2010), the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2006), and the Serpentine Gallery, London (2014). Recent exhibitions include his solo show at Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2018), Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan (2019), Aspen Art Museum (2021), Sogetsu Kaikan, Japan (2023), Centre Pompidou-Metz (2024), and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney (2025).
Cerith Wyn Evans' works are held in several prestigious collections, including the Tate Collection, London; the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; the Fondation Louis Vuitton; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; and the Guggenheim Museum, New York.
In 2003, Cerith Wyn Evans represented Wales in the country’s debut as a national representation at the 50th Venice Biennale, where he also participated in 1995 and 2017. His artistic career is marked by participation in major international exhibitions such as Documenta 11, Kassel (2002), the Istanbul Biennial (2005), the Yokohama Triennial (2008), Skulptur Projekte Münster (2017), and the Liverpool Biennial (2021), and solo exhibitions at prominent institutions such as Tate Britain, London (2010), the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2006), and the Serpentine Gallery, London (2014). Recent exhibitions include his solo show at Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2018), Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan (2019), Aspen Art Museum (2021), Sogetsu Kaikan, Japan (2023), Centre Pompidou-Metz (2024), and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney (2025).
Cerith Wyn Evans' works are held in several prestigious collections, including the Tate Collection, London; the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; the Fondation Louis Vuitton; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; and the Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Steve Farrer
Steve Farrer (b. 1951, Manchester) is a visual artist and experimental filmmaker. After working in the ‘dye stuff’ section of Imperial Chemical Industries, Manchester, he studied at North East London Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art, London. In the 1970s, he was workshop organiser and cinema organiser at the London Film-Makers’ Co-operative. Inventor of The Machine, a shutterless spinning film camera/projector, many of his installations similarly rely upon hand-crafted technology to deconstruct the spectacle of cinema. Notable presentations of his work include …fellow travellers, Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2020 and De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, 2016; Film in Space, Camden Art Centre, London, 2013; One More Time, London Metropolitan University, London, 2011; and Expanded Cinema, Tate Modern, London, 2009.
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