Tuesday 2 October 2007, 18.30

Richard Hamilton James Scott, UK 1969, 25mins

Made in collaboration with the artist Richard Hamilton, this documentary remains vivid and surprising nearly forty years on. Fragments of Hamilton’s works are integrated with newsreel images, movie trailers and much else. The artist offers an audio-only commentary, but this too is layered and disrupted. From this disorienting and often funny patchwork emerges a perceptual analysis that avoids conventional explanation, yet reveals key ideas that shaped Hamilton's art.

 

The Great Ice Cream Robbery James Scott, UK 1971, 35 mins

This rarely seen film, projected on two screens, was produced to run with the Claes Oldenburg’s major retrospective at the Tate Gallery in 1970. The film portrays Oldenburg’s visit to London and his preparations for the exhibition.

Followed by a conversation between Richard Hamilton and James Scott.

 

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£5 (£4 concessions), booking recommended