Wolf and Lamb x Street Cast x Street Studios present:
LENS: VISUAL NARRATIVES
An evening of inspiring short films and thought-provoking photography exploring art's power to drive positive change.
Nine films, five Artists, food + cocktails and music.
SHORT FILMS
Where were you ?
Director: Dan Emmerson
A bittersweet portrait of Britain on its last legs as a part of the EU. The state of the nation. A time when it’s never felt like more of an island. Young people have been deserted and lied to by a political regime they don’t want to be a part of. Still living, loving and laughing amid the madness. The past is the present, the future is prologue. Where were you?
Cafe Cicatriz
Director: John Bahat
Max craves human connection. But he can’t bare to expose his truth.
Bapou
Director: Jackson Payne & Jack Layfield
Bapou reflects on Johnny's journey as he strives to find his way from a hectic, drug-fuelled, misspent youth to a contemporary fine artist. He reflects upon how much work he has put in to create a new life for himself and all the bumps along the way. Shot over four years (2017-2021), we follow Johnny around his hometown of North London as he tells us his very personal tale firsthand.
Given a six-year custodial sentence for armed robbery and possession with the intent to supply in 2007 at the age of 19, prison had a profound impact on Johnny. Inside, he found a love for art and eventually developed this passion into a personal practice and portfolio of works. Towards the end of his sentence, he was granted a day's release to attend an interview for a place at Central St. Martins School of Art. He got accepted and passed with a first-class honours bachelor's degree three years later
Missing Memories of the Universe
Director: Ali Alvarez
Filmmaker Ali Alvarez collaborates with one of America’s leading astrophysicists, Dr. Rebecca Oppehnheimer, in a tribute to one of the world’s leading scientific institutes, Palomar Observatory - creating a reflection on the memories of the universe lost due to the pandemic.
Mind Over Matter
Director: Paul Cheung
Writer-producer: Alastair Eales
The grand opening of an Artist's new and daring collection of work offers a unique purchasing opportunity to the eclectic mix of invited art critics and collectors—but the question is, how far would you go in the name of art?
Shaun Ryder & The Salford Sioux
Director: Glenn Kitson
Shaun Ryder and the Salford Sioux by Glenn Kitson A short film and interview with Shaun Ryder by Glenn Kitson about the time Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show came to a town just outside of Manchester, UK in 1888. Director - Glenn Kitson Animation - Will Murphy.
The Happy Mondays Hallelujah
Director: Glenn Kitson
Utilizing vintage footage of the Happy Mondays, Glenn Kitson has fashioned an epic psychedelic trippy video for this new mix of Mondays' classic Hallelujah.
The visual also pays homage to people involved in the band and the track, who are no longer with us: Tony Wilson (Hacienda/Factory Records owner), Martin Hannett (Joy Division producer), singer Kirsty Maccoll and Andy Weatherall (who remixed the original track).
Lesson 7
Director: Neil Linpow
Having downloaded a self-help program devised and narrated by the enigmatic MAX, we follow ASH as he prepares to tackle Lesson 7: Confronting death. What begins as a seemingly innocent and melancholic trip to a near-deserted hospital ward in the late hours becomes a twisting journey of anguish and manipulation.
Colour me
Director: Martin de Thurah
We all contain darkness. A door to a strange place, where the world falls apart and becomes unrecognizable. A floaty reality, almost dreamlike. How do we respond when we have to face our own fears and mortality, and is it possible to find tranquility within the world of our nightmares?
These themes are explored by the new art project Color Me, a collaboration between Danish director Martin de Thurah and Active Child, the musical alias of American singer, songwriter and producer Patrick Grossi. De Thurah has combined sculpting, live-action recordings and visual effects with the trembling and distorted sound of Active Child’s track ”Color Me” to create a haunting and visually innovative film - one of his most ambitious projects to date.
Photographic Exhibition
RICHARD BOLL
EXPRESSION: Portraits of Artists
Expression is a compelling new photography project showcasing a series of portraits of celebrated contemporary artists. It brings to life its subjects' individuality and artistry through traditional and contemporary approaches to photographic portraiture. Commenced in 2022, this ongoing project is marked by unique collaborations between Boll and many of his subjects. These collaborative elements infuse the portraits with a blend of creative input, resulting in dynamic and expressive portraits.
Pol Kurucz
Pol Kurucz was born in Budapest and spent his childhood in Paris. A stage director and photographer, in 2011 he founded the artist collective, Kolor Collective, with which he tackles themes such as afro-feminism and consumerism. His photographs have appeared in major publications including Vogue, ELLE, and Nylon. Kurucz has lived in Bahrain and Portugal, but is now based in Sao Paolo.
Olga Steinepreis
In the modern world, we live under the influence of stereotypes shaped by advertising and social networks trying to convince us that nothing can change with the birth of a child, whose life fits so easily into a mother's.
I’ve been on maternity leave for nine years, the last three of which I've been a mother of three children. My daily grind seems endless and absorbs me. Sometimes, I even feel like I'm succeeding, but most of the time, I feel overwhelmed by the daily chores, and my efforts to become a better version of myself seem futile.
I want to live a life in which my feelings, interests and goals matter.
And once I have a dream….
ISAAC LAMB
In Pastis & Hashish, Vol 1
A love letter to Marseille and its youth by Isaac Lamb
Capturing a different side of Marseille, this project is a sun-drenched account of the coastal city, capturing kids stretched out on rocks sunbathing or looking clear-eyed into his lens, visibly comfortable.
This story encapsulates so much of what Isaac loves about the place. He speaks about the geography of the city, its mountainous landscapes and coastal mouth that opens onto the Mediterranean sea and the melting pot of Moroccan, Tunisian and Algerian cultures that seep into the city
