Sophia Satchell-Baeza

YET ANOTHER MOVIE: PINK FLOYD IN FILM I’m excited to announce a new film season I’ve curated @regentstcinema . Between 1962-1966, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright studied architecture at the Regent Street Polytechnic, where they formed the rock group Pink Floyd. To mark the 130th anniversary of Regent Street Cinema, where both British cinema and Pink Floyd were ‘born’, this season brings together a selection of films featuring Pink Floyd’s music—either as a band or solo artists—along with related work by key collaborators and coterie. Featuring new 4K film restorations, live performances and introductions from scholars, writers and countercultural participants, the series includes films by Barbet Schroeder, Michelangelo Antonioni, Peter Whitehead, Anthony Stern, Robert Short, John Latham, Peter Sykes, Kevin Whitney, Alan Parker, Jimmy T. Murakami, David Elfick and Roy Battersby. 1: Saturday 23 May Speak (John Latham, 1962) and The Committee (Peter Sykes, 1968) + intro by Sophia Satchell-Baeza 2: Saturday 23 May Iggy the Eskimo Girl (Anthony Stern, 1968) + Tonite Let’s All Make Love in London (Peter Whitehead, 1967) + introduction by Steve Chibnall and Alissa Clarke (Peter Whitehead archive) 3: Saturday 23 May San Francisco (Anthony Stern, 1968) + Zabriskie Point (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970) + intro by Sophia Satchell-Baeza 4: Sunday 24 May Psychedelia (Kevin Whitney, 1969) + More (Barbet Schroeder, 1969) + intro by Jenny Fabian (author of Groupie) 5: Sunday 24 May UK premiere of a new 4K restoration of Crystal Voyager (David Elfick, 1973) @greenoughfilms + intro by Sophia Satchell-Baeza 6: Saturday 6 June Gunnera (Robert Short, 1969) + The Body (Roy Battersby, 1970) + intro by Henry K miller (@dwoskinproject ) 7: Saturday 6 June The Valley (Barbet Schroeder, 1972) + exclusive new filmed introduction by Pink Floyd legend Nick Mason 8: Sunday 7 June When the Wind Blows (Jimmy T. Murakami, 1986) + intro 9: Sunday 7 June Pink Floyd: The Wall (Alan Parker, 1982). Look out for special posters by @julian_hand and a specially commissioned light show trailer by @heena_song_ and @julian_hand . Come, bring a friend, it’s gonna be fun! #pinkfloyd

Back from an early morning stroll among trees of pink and orange blossoms… & feeling very happy to be back in Hawick for one of my favourite festivals of moving image @alchemyfilmandarts 💎 I wrote about last night’s opening night film, Waves Turn by @josephineahnelt for the festival catalogue, with thanks to them for the invitation. Recovering from a cold, fully jacked up on painkillers but ready for some mind-heart expansion 😵💐

“This film is based on family archetypes that we denounce!” - Niki de Saint Phalle on Daddy (1973) The ICA’s In Focus: Niki de Saint Phalle, co-curated by myself and Laura Staab, presents the UK premieres or two new 4K restorations of Daddy (1973) and A Dream Longer than the Night (1976), on 8 and 10 May. I’ll be introducing Daddy on 8 May👨‍👧

Just over a week since our Liquid Light super-group-visuals takeover at Rich Mix for Open City Documentary Festival, and we’re still pulsing. Heena and I dove headfirst into the process, inking, oiling, cooking, and squishing liquids across glass slides and bowls, bringing our signature turbulent textures to life on the big screen. Teaming up with Insight Lighting pushed everything further, layering in beautifully lysergic visuals that elevated the whole experience, across the space. Heavy Flow took things even higher with a powerful, distinctly feminine energy woven into the performance. The room was alive, dance-floor heat, creative exchanges, and next-level connections happening all night. We even had the pleasure of filmmaker John Smith joining in briefly, creating visuals and painting a glass slide for our display. What an honour! (see final image) Mark Leckey and DJ Food delivered a relentless stream of rave-era stompers that kept us moving deep into the night. Massive thanks to everyone who made it what it was, and to Open City Documentary Festival for having us on board. Until the next one… @ssatchellb @heena_song_ @opencitydocs @turbulent.light 
@richmixlondon @mark.leckey @insightlighting @strictlykev @theotherjohnsmith

Celebrating Mamá Baeza on her 70th in her hometown of Tangier. Ball-buster, renegade, queen of the put-down, and the kindest woman on earth. She takes no shit but loves to dish it out occasionally: “All those degrees… and look at you now!” Cheers mum! Te quiero xxx

A big, bonkers, very special week ❤️

A sensual, lysergic evening of experimental cinema and psychedelia at the ICA with Open City Documentary Film Festival. Curated by Sophia Satchell-Baeza, author of the forthcoming Sensual Laboratories, the programme drew together British and North American works from the 1960s and 70s—featuring early films by Barbara Hammer, John Smith, Jud Yalkut, Jerry Abrams, Scott Bartlett, and Mark Boyle & Joan Hills. A packed cinema and an incredible spectrum of audiovisual experimentation. The post-screening Q&A with Sophia, John Smith, and Jarvis Cocker opened up the work in unexpected ways, offering insight into the wider artistic movements behind the films and their own creative practices. John Smith’s reflections on light shows, especially the role of chance and improvisation, really resonated with me. A special bonus: a micro-zine preview of Sensual Laboratories (out this summer via Strange Attractor Press) was given out as the audience entered the cinema. Very proud to have my slide artwork featured on the cover and very excited to dive into this teaser edition. Tonight: stepping into the light. I’ll be projecting liquid light with Heena Song as Turbulent Light, alongside Insight Lighting and Heavy Flow, with sounds curated by Mark Leckey and DJ Food at the festival opening party at Rich Mix. More lysergic audiovisual explorations incoming! Hopefully see you there… @opencitydocs @ssatchellb @richmixlondon @mark.leckey @insightlighting @heena_song_ @icalondon @jarvisbransoncocker @strictlykev @theotherjohnsmith

Sensual Laboratories, my film programme for @opencitydocs , is all sold out! Gulp. Thank you to everyone who got tickets xxx in the meantime I’ll be cruising around central London with my giant box of pamphlets, blasting on a Triple Mango Lost Mary #cinema

Antifa getting younger by the day (here’s hoping)

For the release of Pompei: Below the Clouds (2025), I interviewed director Gianfranco Rosi and composer Daniel Blumberg (@_danielblumberg_ ) for this beautiful Companion Zine. We talked about memory, disaster, lost civilisations, and underwater sounds. Props to @mubilab for the always stunning design and the various teams (espesh Publishing and GCM) for their hard work.

Festival party poster by Strictly Kev (@strictlykev ) for Open City Documentary Festival (@opencitydocs ). You can buy tickets on the festival website: The price is pay how you feel, with proceeds going to @gazaformulafund . — Strictly Kev aka DJ Food has been DJing since the mid-80s, co-founding the underground ambient Telepathic Fish parties in the early 90s before helping the Ninja Tune label flourish throughout the decade. He featured on Coldcut’s Solid Steel radio show for 25 years, toured internationally and designed many of their classic releases under the name Openmind. His first book, Wheels of Light, was published in 2022 showcasing the art of analogue light show wheels and he continues writing and researching for a number of forthcoming books.

For the latest issue of @sightsoundmagazine I wrote about @mingwongberlin ’s short film and installation “The dance of the sun on the water / Saltatio solis in aqua,” currently installed at the National Gallery. Based on the story of Saint Sebastian and responding both to paintings in the @nationalgallery and Derek Jarman’s film about the saint’s life, this episodic work is shown across a series of gilded monitors - Wong calls them “medieval television sets” Also in the issue I reviewed the A24 film How to Make A Killing, which I couldn’t get it up for…