Wednesday 10 October 2012

The Turnip Prize I

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11 October

I have already seen on Tate Britain's web-site that Luke Fowler's film, All Divided Selves (2012), has published screening-times for his entry for The Turner Prize (on which the Evening Standard has given an overview).

I'm assuming that they have built a cinema-room in the show in which it will be projected, but do all (or any) of these rules apply? :


1. No latecomers admitted

2. No popcorn, fizzy drinks or noisy sweet-papers

3. Only bona fide appreciators of the genre of artists' films allowed in

4. Any screening not containing a full quota will be cancelled

5. No petting

6. Anyone found with a root-vegetable about their person will be ejected

7. No whispering to your companion when you cannot follow what is happening (or what the title means)

8. The audience is to be strapped in before the screening commences, and the central locking-release mechanism, except in the case of emergency, will only be operated at the end

9. Anyone found with closed eyes during a screening will be given The Alex Treatment

10. The audience is to be strapped in before the screening commences, and the central locking-release mechanism, even in the case of emergency, will only be operated at the end

11. Anyone who betrays any knowledge of the subject of R. D. Laing, the man, his thought and his psychiatric practice will be encouraged to believe that they really have a very busy day and cannot spend ninety-odd minutes in a screening

12. No heavy petting

13. Friends of the film-maker will not be allowed entry (on the grounds of protecting them from getting the impression that they, too, are famous artists)


NB Now that I have found out, I should acknowledge that The Turnip Prize has existed for some years - www.turnipprize.com is its web-site.


STOP PRESS - now more at http://unofficialcambridgefilmfestival.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/the-turnip-prize-ii.html


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