COMPOSITE BEINGS: A night of expanded cinema
Featuring Ben Russell, Joe Grimm, Lauren Carter, and Lichens
Presented by Triple Canopy & the Film Society at the Gowanus Studio Space
The Gowanus Studio Space, 119 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY
Monday, August 17, 8pm
$5 suggested donation, $3 drinks (courtesy of Kelso)
Filmmaker Ben Russell & musician Joe Grimm (a.k.a. The Wind-Up Bird) perform "Mazes," a double 16mm projection that uses photo-sensitive electronics and film loops to produce a transcendent barrage of flickering white light and audio signals.
Grimm & Lauren Carter perform "Mirror Phases," an exchange of feedback and exercise in boundary loss.
Lichens performs a song cycle for one vocalist.
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Ben Russell is an itinerant media artist and curator. He has made films about Maroon tribes in Suriname, the divining powers of Richard Pryor, and the end of the world. He began the Magic Lantern screening series in Providence in 2003 and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008. He currently resides in Chicago. // Joe Grimm is a composer and performer based in Chicago. He has collaborated with Lucky Dragons, Glenn Branca, and Alvin Lucier, among others. His most recent record is Brain Cloud (Spekk). // Lauren Carter is a Chicago-based sculptor and installation artist. She works in sound, film, and video. // Lichens is Rob Lowe. His most recent record Omns (Kranky). He lives in Brooklyn.
Triple Canopy works collectively with writers, artists, researchers and other collaborators on projects that deal critically with culture and politics, and the ways people engage them, both online and in the world at large. These investigations are realized in an online magazine as well as in public programs and print publications encompassing various fields and locales. Triple Canopy aims to present work and advance ideas informed by a multitude of disciplines and perspectives, and to disseminate them among a broad and diverse audience. For additional information, visit www.canopycanopycanopy.com.
The Gowanus Studio Space is a non-profit studio, exhibition, and workshop space located in the heart of the Gowanus neighborhood. Through the work of its members and its event programming, the GSS promotes the cross-pollination of art, design, people, places, and ideas within its neighborhood and the borough of Brooklyn. The GSS Film Society hosts regular screenings of rare, exceptional, and significant movies in curated exhibitions and multimedia events. The Film Society has hosted premieres, performances, and discussions of documentaries, shorts, features, and everything in between. For more information on the Film Society and the Gowanus Studio Space, please visit www.gowanusstudio.org.
