„Expiry” – Ken Turner at 100 / film screening
About the artist
PREMIERE
26 July, 14:00 GMT – Newlyn Filmhouse (UK), with a simultaneous screening at the Mazovian Museum in Płock during the 3rd International Festival of Performing Arts STORIES (15:00 CET).
Shot entirely on expired 16mm film stock, Expiry is a collaboration between filmmaker Huw Wahl and his father Ken Turner (b. 1926), the oldest living performance artist and painter in the UK, and maybe in the world. Through movement, breath, painting, conversations between his parents, and a series of environmental and human encounters, this deeply personal work is a love letter to ageing playfully and the power of creative action. Released as Ken turns 100, it asks what expiry means to us all, for our lives, for our art, and for our planet.
The film is released in conjunction with the exhibition Ken Turner at 100: A Century of Crashing Culture at Wharfside Art Hub. Spanning a century of ‘ongoing rebellion’, the show features Ken’s latest paintings, performance art, and films (including My Ride Over a Tesla), and seeks to answer the question: how does an artist stay contemporary for a century?