Two films by Waldemar Januszczak which sought to challenge commonly held opinions about the depiction of these subjects in art. The first looked at animals from Cave paintings in France and southern Africa, through Rembrandt’s portrayal of a carcass of beef and its influence on a lesser known impressionist Chaim Soutine right up to the animals and fish suspended in tanks of formaldehyde by Damian Hirst.

The second film studied the depiction of deities, an area that gave artists free rein as none of the holy books describe the physicality of the god on whose teaching their religion is based. Myths such as their depiction of Jesus as a long haired European originating in the renaissance were shown to be false, as is the pristine whiteness of the representations of Greek and Roman deities which where originally highly coloured. Members were left with much to ponder on.