Film Screening: Spellbound

When | Āhea: Sun 29 Aug 2021, 2.00pm–4.00pm
Where | Ki hea: Soundings Theatre, Level 2

Get swept up in the mystery of Spellbound. See it on the big screen with a special introduction from artist and curator Nathan Pohio.

Directed by master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, Spellbound is twisting tale of romance, murder, and psychoanalysis starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck.

The film is notable for its nightmarish dream sequence designed by renowned surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.

About Nathan:
Nathan Pohio (Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu) is an artist and assistant curator at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, chairperson for The Physicsroom contemporary art space, and a founding member of Paemanu, a collective of Kai Tahu contemporary artists. As an artist Nathan calls upon Kai Tahutanga as the base from which to express something of the contemporary Māori experience in the face of colonial objectives and histories, coded by strategies of the cinema and avant-garde.

Please note:
- Entry to Surrealist Art | He Toi Pohewa is not included in this event.
- There is no food allowed in Soundings Theatre
- Spellbound is rated PG

Image: Alfred Hitchcock, 1956. Photo by Fred Palumbo via Wikimedia Commons. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection