Film screening : We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher by Close and Remote

Yeovil Art Space is delighted to host a screening of “We Are Making a Film About Mark Fisher” by Close and Remote (Sophie Mellor and Simon Poulter), followed by Q&A session with the artists.

About We Are Making a Film About Mark Fisher (running time 65 minutes)

Artists Sophie Mellor and Simon Poulter developed the film between 2024-2025. Through Instagram (@markfisherfilm), they enlisted the support of 70 people to make the film. The film was made with no budget, no studio backing and no institutional permissions, starting on a park bench in Rochford, Essex. A conversation between Tim Burrows and Simon Poulter.

The film explores solidarity, shared labour and digital connectivity. It enacts what Fisher insisted was still possible – decapitalised cultural production, collective agency among the ruins of neoliberal atomisation. A reminder that DIY doesn’t mean private, it means working together.

In the film, nine chapters drift across hauntological terrain from Felixstowe’s windblown beaches to the CCRU’s delirial hyperstition lab; from K-punk’s midnight blog posts to the echoing chambers of The Vampire Castle; from viral slogans (‘it is easier to imagine the end of the world’) to streets filled with protest and grief. The film deliberately projects beyond 2017 into the Perma-Crisis of 2025/26.

The screening is part of a sold–out tour in London and around the UK. Limited spaces, booking essential. Hot and cold drinks are available for donation on arrival.

More about the film and tour: https://www.closeandremote.net/portfolio/we-are-making-a-film-about-mark-fisher/

About Mark Fisher
Mark Fisher (1968–2017) was a highly influential English writer, cultural theorist, and lecturer, known for his blog k-punk, which explored the intersection of music, politics, and capitalism, and for books like Capitalist Realism and Ghosts of My Life. He was a sharp critic of contemporary culture and mental health, arguing they were deeply political, and was a lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London, before his passing in 2017.

Note to attendee
Yeovil Art Space is located at Quedam Shopping Centre. Paid Parking on-site and free parking after 6pm at the nearby car parks. The toilet is located on the 1st floor, please contact us at info@yeovilartspace.uk for access requirements.
Direction: https://yeovilartspace.uk/contact/

Door opened at 6.30pm. Hot and cold drinks are available for donation.