Compass Presents’ created an experimental, visceral archive experience in a wild woodland location where strange characters were encountered: naked frolickers, a Pagan priestess, a masked harpist in a projection-mapped hut, aflame. Taking their seats in an amphitheatre under the stars the audience then settled in for a screening of the BFI’s folk-horror feature Arcadia, travelling through the seasons in this beautiful, brutal, magic and mad portrait of rural Britain.
A sequel event in partnership with Tate presented the film in the context of exhibited artworks as part of the ‘A Closer Look’ programme, with Portishead’s Adrain Utley and Watershed’s Cinema Curator Mark Cosgrove in conversation after the screening.
If you are interested in commissioning an expanded cinema experience that makes use of unusual spaces, or would like to book an expanded screening of Arcadia in your area, get in touch: [email protected]
These events were produced by Compass Presents in partnership with BFI, Tate, Encounters Film Festival, Common Ground and Film Hub South West.
