1978

Deke Dusinberre & David Curtis(curators)

TouringExhibition Catalogue

1978

David Curtis (Ed)

The film selection commenced with : “Perspectives on Avant-garde Film”, a screening exhibition program at the Hayward Gallery, London in March and April1977,(Sheepman & the Sheared series was included, along with a framed working drawing from the film Erota/Afini. An essay by Deke Dusinberre provides a critical response to the series. Link : PDF

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NB. nearly the ‘same’ title, different shows….

Perspectives /A Perspective. “History will never forgive Deke and Dave Curtis for allowing this confusion. We knew it would lead to trouble and we persisted.. unable to come up with a better title). ‘

Perspectives’ was the title of the show that was nominally as sponsored by the Artists' Film Committee of the Arts Council of Great Britain. organised by Rodney Wilson and took place at the Hayward gallery in 1977. It was a large international and historical show - essentially a hugely ambitious series of screenings shown in repertory in a small cinema-like space on the Hayward’s top floor. 
Having worked on that, Deke and David (Curtis) then in 1978, proposed the Arts Council / British Council touring show, ‘A Perspective, ’ which was to be British/English work only, the British Council buying prints from the artists (in a uk first) and offering the programme as a world wide tour”.DC 3/2025.

Following the visit to Canberra, the Australian federal capital, the National library of Australia purchased the entire collection for its national lending service. The British Council thereafter purchased replacement prints from the filmmakers.
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