From: DOMINIC ANGERAME (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Aug 09 2010 - 08:50:32 PDT
Passing this along, sorry if the formatting is not correct.
Dominic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: (address suppressed) Scott Miller Berry @ 416 971 8405
PRESS SCREENING: THURSDAY 12 AUGUST 2010, 2:00 PM
JACKMAN HALL, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO (use main entrance on Dundas)
*PLEASE RSVP : email suppressed
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EARLY MONTHLY SEGMENTS #20 = Tuesday 9/21/10 = Lawrence Brose's De Profundis
A FUNDRAISER FOR THE LAWRENCE BROSE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
Buffalo-based filmmaker, curator and arts advocate Lawrence Brose's landmark De
Profundis is a 65-minute meditation on gay desire based on Oscar Wilde's
infamous prison letter presented via lush hand-processed imagery. The film
utilizes vintage erotica, home movies, radical faerie gatherings, pagan rituals
and drag shows alongside a piano score by Frederic Rzewski which incorporates
Wilde's text as a means of exploring assimilation and sexuality through hand
painted frames and manipulation. The result is an exploding utopia of colour and
a layered but equally privileged soundscape. A simply haunting work of
terrifying beauty.
Recently the film has come under scrutiny by the US Department of Homeland
Security and the US Justice Department as Brose now faces serious charges for
allegedly possessing illicit digital images. One hundred of the listed images in
the charges are film frames from De Profundis. The fact that he is under
indictment for using images made by others to examine the taboos that such laws
are meant to prevent is as overreaching as it is disturbing. This prosecution
should be viewed as a challenge to artistic freedom, brought by a U.S.
Attorney’s office that previously unsuccessfully prosecuted Critical Art
Ensemble founder Steve Kurtz.
This screening is a fundraiser for Brose's legal defense fund.
If travel restrictions are lifted we look forward to welcoming him in person at
the screening.
For more information and to donate please visit
lawrencebroselegaldefensefund.com
Programme:
De Profundis, Lawrence Brose, 1997, 16mm, 65 minutes, USA
Music: Frederic Rzewski, with additional compositions by Lawrence Brose and
Douglas Cohen
@ The Gladstone Hotel, 2nd Floor | 1214 Queen Street West
Tuesday September 21, 2010 | 8:00 pm screening | 5-10$ suggested donation
--ABOUT--
Early Monthly Segments is a monthly film series named after an early film by
Robert Beavers, and is inspired by the immediacy, vibrancy and experimentation
found in that film. Programmed by Scott Berry, Chris Kennedy, and Kate MacKay
this series features historical and contemporary avant-garde films in a
salon-like setting at the Gladstone Art Bar in Toronto, Canada. In this relaxed
context with refreshing beverages and food available, we hope to encourage a
convivial atmosphere for engaged viewing and post-screening dialogue.
--CONTACT--
For interviews, press stills or more information please contact:
email suppressed
For more information: earlymonthlysegments.org
Scott Miller Berry, Executive Director
THE IMAGES FESTIVAL
448-401 Richmond Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8 CANADA
+1 416 971 8405 telephone
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24TH EDITION! >>> 31 March to 09 April 2011
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experimental media art & cross disciplinary live events remains so stimulating
after 20+ years of existence." -- Jason Anderson, EYE WEEKLY
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