Fanzine Launch/ Artist Talk at SomoS April 12, 2014, 7pm, SomoS presents an artist talk and fanzine launch as part of the Electric Renaissance II exhibition by Stefano Castronovo and Donato Del Giudice. The exhibition: Pop-artist Stefano Castronovo staged the first Electric Renaissance exhibition together with queer black minimalist composer Julius Eastman in the early 1980′s at New York’s Club 57, a seminal venue, example to the much more notorious Mudd Club, that offered a platform to young visual- and performing artists such as Keith Haring, Klaus Nomi, Madonna, RuPaul, Futura 2000, Kenny Scharf and Joey Arias. Electric Renaissance II stands for the combination of a genuine expression of New York Pop sensibilities with masterly classical techniques. The fanzine: The fanzine reflects the exhibition's preoccupations, providing context, documentation, along with creative explorations by the artists and SomoS' curators. It features an introduction and interview with the artists by Joanna Fatorelli, editorial assessor at Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazi, and an article by Ryan Dohoney, Assistant Professor of Musicology, Affiliate Faculty, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, USA, who is currently writing a study on experimental composer-performer Julius Eastman's involvement in New York City’s music scene in the 1970s and 1980s. Artist Talk: A brief introduction and artist talk with Q&A is moderated by Joanna Fatorelli (Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro) and Paulus Fugers (SomoS co-founder and senior curator). Venue: SomoS, Kottbusser Damm 95, 1st floor, 10967 Berlin http://somos-arts.org somos@somos-arts.org Entry free RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/281012338741573/ More info: http://www.somos-arts.org/fanzine-launchartist-talk-electric-renaissance-ii/

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Simon Starling: Metamorphology

Simon Starling: Metamorphology June 7 - November 2, 2014 This summer, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago presents the first major museum survey in the United States of Turner-Prize winning British artist Simon Starling. Simon Starling: Metamorphology showcases the artist's work in film, installation, and photography and its interrogation of the histories of art and design, scientific discoveries, and global economic and environmental concerns.This exhibition is organized by Dieter Roelstraete, Manilow Senior Curator at the MCA, and is on view June 7 to November 2, 2014. A concurrent exhibition of Starling's work is on view June 5 to September 20, 2014 at the Arts Club of Chicago, organized by Executive Director Janine Mileaf. The title of the exhibition, Metamorphology, alludes to one of the fundamental principles of Starling's practice: the transformative potential of art, or transformation as art. These concepts also drive Starling's working method where he both repurposes existing materials for new, artistic aims and retells existing stories to produce new historical insights. The exhibition is organized along two intertwining tracks, and metamorphosis is essential to understanding both. The first trajectory concerns Starling's interest in art history, particularly the golden age of modernism. Starling based the shape and form of Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima)(2010) in part on a quintessential Chicago story about the early days of nuclear energy development and the monument designed by British sculptor Henry Moore commemorating its discovery. The 12-foot-tall bronze sculpture is located on the University of Chicago campus at the site of the world's first nuclear reactor and firmly anchors the exhibition in the local context of Chicago. In a similar vein, the work Bird in Space (2004) is named after a famous sculpture by Constantin Brancusi that was first shown at the Arts Club of Chicago in the early 1920s. Starling's unorthodox reinvention of Brancusi's modernist masterpiece, which is known for its smooth surface reminiscent of light, is now a large, unhewn block of steel. Starling's presentation of the work links the MCA and the Arts Club. The second path explores the broader framework of geopolitical and socioeconomic concerns and their often-misconstrued relation to art historical narratives. These ideas are expressed in a series of works that demonstrate Starling's fascination with cycles of production, such as inAutoxylopyrocycloboros (2006). In this work, Starling reclaimed a wooden, steam-powered boat from the bottom of Lake Windermere, England. He took it on a four-hour journey on Loch Long in Scotland, where he dismantled the boat and fed it, piece by piece, into the very boiler that powered the boat. This eventually sank it, thus returning it to the bottom of the lake. The Long Ton (2009) connects and collapses geographically remote situations. Two unrefined pieces of white marble hang from either side of a rudimentary pulley system. A one metric ton (1,000 kilogram) stone imported from China is held in balance overhead by a 250-kilogram piece of Italian Carrara marble, a material known for its use in art for centuries. The two stones, which have the same shape but not the same size, appear similar at first, referencing the market value of the Chinese stone and the Italian marble one-quarter of its weight. Flaga (1972-2000) consists of a Fiat, an iconic Italian car first built in Turin before its production moved to Poland. Starling drove a Fiat 126 from Turin to Poland where he changed the red car's doors, hood, and trunk to white. On his return to Turin, the customized Fiat was hung on the wall like a painting, or more appropriately, a Polish flag. The exhibition also features one of Starling's recent film works, which takes into account the mechanics of the medium as well as its scientific prehistory. Functioning as 24-frame-per-second treatises in metamorphology, Starling's ventures into film embody the artist's attachment to the poetics of the loop. Simon Starling (b. 1967, Surrey, England) lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied photography and art at Maidstone College of Art, Kent; Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham; and the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. His artwork is in leading museum collections internationally, and his work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at numerous kunsthalles and museums throughout the world. His work has also been regularly featured in prominent biennials, including Venice and São Paulo. He was awarded the 2005 Turner Prize, nominated for his solo exhibitions at The Modern Institute, Glasgow, and the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona. CATALOGUE A catalogue, Simon Starling: Metamorphology, accompanies the exhibition, highlighting the fundamental principle of Starling's practice: an almost alchemistic conception of the transformative potential of art, or of transformation as art. The catalogue features essays by MCA Manilow Senior Curator Dieter Roelstraete; Arts Club of Chicago Executive Director Janine Mileaf in collaboration with Simon Starling; and Tate Modern Curator Mark Godfrey.   RELATED PROGRAMS MCA Talk: Simon Starling Saturday, June 7, 3 pm Free with museum admission Artist Simon Starling discusses his exhibition. MCA Talk: Simon Starling:  Metamorphology Friday, August 15, noon Free with museum admission Tour of the exhibition with Dieter Roelstraete, MCA Manilow Senior Curator. #fineartmagazine

April 2014 Highlights

   

April 2014 Highlights

Night Tide (1961)

Available on Fandor: April 4 | Director: Curtis Harrington

Starring Dennis Hopper as a sailor who falls for a girl who poses as a mermaid in a sideshow, only to realize she's more of a poseur than he originally realized. 

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

Available on Fandor: April 10 | Director: Werner Herzog

Based on the journals of Brother Gaspar de Carvajal, Aguirre, The Wrath Of God is director Werner Herzog's hallucinatory tale of Spanish colonialists searching for El Dorado, the legendary city of gold, in 16th-century Peru. As they attempt to forge their way through the dense jungle, more and more of the party falls ill while their ruthless leader, Don Lope de Aguirre (Klaus Kinski), grows increasingly insane.

All the Light in the Sky (2012)

Available on Fandor: April 18 | Director: Joe Swanberg

Jane Adams stars as an actress living in Malibu who faces harsh realities of the industry as her age exempts her from more and more acting opportunities. Amidst this career and life crisis enters the actress’s niece, played by Sophia Takal, who arrives for a weekend stay and ushers in a complicated prism of emotional insecurities. Can the actress confront her fears, navigate complicated relationships, and figure out how to navigate mid-life in Hollywood?

You, the Living (2009)

Available on Fandor: April 25 | Director: Roy Andersson

Acclaimed Swedish director Roy Andersson takes an amusing look at a delightfully eccentric assortment of characters. Through a series of brilliantly entertaining sketches, Andersson observes with empathy and wry humor the highs, lows and tragicomic happenings that affect their everyday lives. Shot with distinctive visual flair, this snapshot of modern life is both touching and laugh-out-loud hilarious.

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Fandor Updates and Information

Fandor Indie Mixer at Cinefamily in Los Angeles, Monday, April 7, 7:30 p.m. 

Joe, directed by David Gordon Green.
Sneak preview with director in person following the screening.

Ebertfest, Saturday, April 24, 9:00 a.m. 

"In Conversation" with Fandor CEO Ted Hope & Sony Pictures Classic’s Co-President Michael Barker

Additional Curtis Harrington Film Titles: 

The Fall of the House of Usher (1942); Fragment of Seeking (1946); Picnic (1948); On the Edge (1949); The Assignation (1953); The Wormwood Star (1955); The Four Elements (1966); Usher (2002)

Fandor is Excited to Present: 

Frank V. Ross’ Tiger Tail in Blue, which is screening in theaters by demand and available on Fandor simultaneously. For more information, visit www.frankvross.com.

Press Opportunities

The following filmmakers are available for interviews; please reach out to Morgan Ressa at morgan@brigademarketing.com with your coverage interest:

Joe Swanberg, All the Light in the Sky
Jane Adams, All the Light in the Sky
Frank V. Ross, Tiger Tail in Blue
Brent Green, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then

About Fandor


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MUSIC EVENT WITH KATIA SANTIBAÑEZ

MUSIC EVENT WITH KATIA SANTIBAÑEZ SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH, 6:00PM Join us tonight, Saturday, April 5, at 6:00 PM for a music event with performances by Les Chauds Lapins, Spacelover[Meredith Andrews and Fritz Horstman], and Tofu [Katia Santibañez and James Siena]. Music performances will begin promptly at 6:30 PM.       Docere, Delectare, Movere is on view thru April 12th.  View more images here.  View e-catalogue here. Image: Katia Santibañez, A Melody For 9 Voices (2013-2014), Acrylic On Panel, 18h x 14w in      535 West 22nd Street New York, NY 10011 #fineartmagazine

Closing this week: Accumulation Sculptures by Alben

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COLD IN JULY A FILM BY JIM MICKLE

Presents

COLD IN JULY

A FILM BY JIM MICKLE

STARRING MICHAEL C. HALL, SAM SHEPARD and DON JOHNSON

BASED ON THE BOOK BY JOE R. LANSDALE

**2014 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: World Premiere**

"The spirits of 1980s genre maestros like John Carpenter, Walter Hill and William Lustig hover strongly over Jim Mickle’s 'Cold in July,' a superior piece of Texas pulp fiction" - Scott Foundas, Variety

Opening Theatrically & On VOD MAY 23RD

PRESS SCREENING

Wednesday, April 9th

12:00PM

Magno Review 1

729 Seventh Ave, 2nd Floor

(Between 48th & 49th Streets)

Please RSVP to Nathaniel@Brigademarketing.com

How can a split-second decision change your life?  While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane (Michael C. Hall) puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell (Wyatt Russell). Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father, Ben (Sam Shepard), rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

Based on the book by prolific author Joe R. Lansdale, Michael C. Hall brings a shell-shocked vulnerability to his portrayal of Dane that contrasts perfectly with the grizzled badasses portrayed by Sam Shepard and Don Johnson. Directed with an excellent eye for the visual poetry of noir by Jim Mickle (We Are What We Are), this pulpy, southern-fried mystery is a throwback to an older breed of action film, one where every punch and shotgun blast opens up both physical and spiritual wounds. Twists and turns accelerate as the film reaches its inevitable destination: a gore-soaked dead end. Cold in July is as muggy, oppressive, and hard to shake as an east Texas summer.

 

Media Opportunities:

Co-writer/Director: Jim Mickle

Co-writer/Actor: Nick Damici

Book Author: Joe R. Lansdale 

Actors: Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson & Wyatt Russell

To RSVP or for interview opportunities, please contact Nathaniel at Nathaniel@Brigademarketing.com

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Negotiating Cultural Territories

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