In Search of Space was a series of talks and events exploring the ethos and legacy of the 60s counterculture, its various social and cultural experiments and their legacy. It was programmed to coincide with the exhibition ‘Taking Liberties’ by John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins.

FILM SCREENING - DOUBLE BILL
‘Wholly Communion’ by Peter Whitehead (33mins), ‘Pilgrimage from Scattered Points’ (45 mins) by Luke Fowler
In collaboration with Glasgow Film Theatre.

During a 4 year period in the 60s Peter Whitehead documented the seminal events of the counterculture, shot in a personal style influenced by cinema vérité. ‘Wholly Communion’ was described as Whitehead’s breakthrough film. Focusing on the Poetry Convention at The Albert Hall in 1965, it includes footage of Allen Ginsberg, Glasgow’s own Alexander Trocchi, Adrian Mitchell and a wired Harry Fainlight.

Luke Fowler’s work has been described as a rigorous and energetic testament to film’s ability to transcend its own limits as both art form and document. ‘Pilgrimage from Scattered Points’ is a subjective documentary film about the composer Cornelius Cardew (1936-81), and the Scratch Orchestra, capturing their internal contradictions and struggles, which are related through first person interviews, recent and archive footage and predominantly unreleased music. A short Q&A with Luke Fowler took place after the screening.





Left: Malcolm Dickson, Director Street level Photoworks - right: Luke Fowler