
Free Live Music: Punk DJ Set. Finish off the day’s events with a relaxing drink in Benugo’s bar and enjoy the very best that Punk Rock has to offer.
9th June '07 - BFI Southbank - 2030hrs - Free
The BFI is being overun by PUNKS...well for a month at least! To mark the launch of the Anarchy in the UK season, running throughout June, we've been given free rein to do what we want. So check out the events we've got planned...the big day is 9th June...its all free...so come along and get involved as the BFI goes punk...
Following the screening there will be a Free panel discussion that asks the question Is Punk Dead?Conventional Punk histories will tell you Punk died in 1978, when the Sex Pistols’ disastrous tour of America came to an end and Johnny Rotten left the band. The final safety pin in the coffin came a year later when Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose. However, Punk’s influence was felt throughout Britain for many years after and some suggest that its influence can still be felt today. This discussion will investigate Punk’s impact on British Society since 1976 and try to pinpoint when, if at all, Punk died. Contributions will be made by a mixed group of academics (Dr. Lucy Robinson- University of Sussex), filmmakers (Captain Zip) and music journalists (Mark Sinker). 9th June '07 - The Studio @ BFI Southbank - 15:30hrs - Free
‘This exhibition is both a celebration of the wide range of graphic approaches adopted by punk sleeve designers, and an attempt to redress the balance of recent punk ‘histories’ which focus purely on a short-lived series of events based around the King’s Road and Oxford Street. It is based on the mapping and grouping of a wide range of punk-related seven inch single sleeves across the period 1976 to 1984, and seeks to tell a wider, more inclusive story of the punk years.’