London Financescapes, Weird Economies, Atlas Cinema
7:00-9:00Pm | Thurs 22 May | Atlas Cinema
London is a city where international capital returns to roost. Within sight of the radiant behemoths of the financial sector, some of the most deprived communities in the country gaze upon the materialised excretions of the money market. But a metropolis containing this contrast of fortunes inevitably produces its discontents. And while the forces of finance capital place ever-greater demands on our space, time, budgets–leaving scant resources to conspire against them–these circumstances simultaneously produce a deepening urgency to move towards their abolition.
Above all, this edition of Financescapes convenes around these principal questions:
How has the financialisation of space compromised the conditions for autonomous and radical organising?
When space is running out, where can we conspire?
and, what can we do with these remains?
Programme:
Stop the City, (1984) dir. Mick Duffield
Extracts from Fantasy Factory (1974) LCVA
Got Damp, (2023) dir. Avril Corroon
Long Walk, (1994) dir. Chris Saunders