| HOME | |MUSEUM| | EDUCATION | | SHOP & SERVICES | | PICTURE LIBRARY & RESEARCH | Drawing from the work of over 40 international artists, PARANOIA is an extended essay on distrust, mistrust suspicion, projection, fear and distortion in the modern world. Predrag Pajdic will guide you through the multifarious ways that contributing artists have responded to these important themes and explain his own thinking behind the exhibition.Freud Museum Artists' Talks
in conjunction with the PARANOIA exhibition (Jan 10th - March 11th 2007)
GUIDED TOURS
Friday 19 January 2pm; Sunday 28 January 2pm ; Sunday 4 February 2pm;
Friday 16 February 2pm
Guided tours of PARANOIA
by Predrag Pajdic, curator of the show.A (very!) rare chance to see this independently produced video based on Memoirs of My Nervous Illness by Daniel Schreber, the most famous paranoic in the history of psychology. Presented by Ivan Ward, Education Director of the Freud Museum and writer and director of the film. Wednesday 31st January 7pm
Video Presentation
The Strange World of Daniel Schreber (UK 1984, 45mins)Paul Ryan will discuss ideas about aesthetics and emotion from Aristotle to Lacan, in the context of the PARANOIA exhibition in which his own work is displayed. Tuesday 13th February 7pm
Paul Ryan
Artist's Talk
What are feelings for?The Believers is a remarkable series of twelve ten-minute video interviews which explore notions of belief in western society. Researched and directed by Duncan Pickstock the films focus on the experiences of individuals such as peace campaigner Brian Haw that have led them to have such unflinching conviction in their beliefs. A selection of the videos will be shown, followed by discussion with the filmmaker.
Tuesday February 6th 2007 7.00 pm
Duncan Pickstock
The BelieversBest known for his challenging 'body art' Franko B was born in Milan and has lived in London since 1979. He has been creating work across video, photography, performance, painting, installation, sculpture and mixed media since 1990. He has performed and exhibited his work worldwide, and lectures widely. Having discontinued bleeding in performances, his recent work includes large scale paintings, two of which are shown in the PARANOIA exhibition at the Freud Museum. Introduced by Predrag Pajdic, curator of PARANOIA. Tuesday February 20th 7.00 pm
Franko B
Artist's Talk
Emilia Telese is an Italian-born artist living and working in Brighton. Working in many different media, and through live performance, her work explores questions about body-image, celebrity and the rituals of personal identity. Of her project for the PARANOIA exhibition in Leeds, she writes: 'Our image-obsessed society constantly bombards us with enhanced, airbrushed photographs of perfect women. It is increasingly difficult to perceive and accept one's own appearance as 'attractive' or even 'normal''. Her performance at the opening of the exhibition in the Freud Museum addressed the question of what it means to be 'born into a religion', and the ongoing relationship between religion and superstition. The artist will discuss her work. Wednesday February 28th 7.00 pm
Emilia Telese
Artist's Talk and discussionAll talks took place at The Freud Museum.