Online live discussion: "Our Lucky Hours" Sarah Lombardi - Ben Platt-Mills

Thursday 11 March, 8pm (Swiss time)

An online discussion between Sarah Lombardi, director of the Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne and Ben Platts-Mills, author and arts facilitator, about Martine Deyres’s documentary Our Lucky Hours.

Our Lucky Hours is a thought-provoking film that tells the story of a pioneering psychiatric institution in 1930s France. The asylum was radically re-thought, with doctors, patients and nurses working side by side to run the facility, with the support of the local community. Patients were respected and integrated. They took up roles in the hospital kitchen, on local farms, they published a newspaper, and many pursued visual art practices.

For this ScreenTalk Sarah and Ben will discuss the documentary, how its themes intertwine with the work and life of Jean Dubuffet, and the relevancy of its subject matter in today's world.

This event is organised by the Barbican Center, London, in relation with the exhibition Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty, 25 February - 30 August 2021.

To follow the discussion go to
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2021/event/screen-talk-our-lucky-hours

Publish Date: 10.03.2021