Ecstatic Dislocation: Slip-Syncs Collapse and Strange Unrealities in the films of Sogo/Gakuryu Ishii

To introduce this new publication Ecstatic Dislocation: Slip-Syncs Collapse and Strange Unrealities in the films of Sogo/Gakuryu Ishii (published by Courtisane as part of the Echoes fo Dissent series - Stoffel Debuysere, KASK School of Arts) author Jennifer Lucy Allan will introduce Ishii's Crazy Family (1984) at the Cinematek on 23 April 2026.

Jennifer Lucy Allan is a writer, researcher and broadcaster. She has acquired a PhD at CRiSAP (UAL) on the social and cultural history of the foghorn, which became the foundation of her first book, The Foghorn’s Lament (White Rabbit Books, 2021). She is also a presenter of BBC Radio 3's Late Junction, and is a freelance music journalist specialising in underground and experimental music. Previously she was online editor for The Wire, and now freelances for The Wire, The Quietus, The Guardian and others. She co-runs the record labels Arc Light Editions and Good Energy, and is a member of Laura Cannell’s Modern Ritual Collective, and the Cafe OTO Experimental Choir. She has recently published her second book, Clay: A Human History (Pegasus Books, 2024)

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