WHAT IS LIFE WITHOUT THE LIVING?
Thursday October 21st, 8:00 - 10:30 p.m.

David Scheid, Margot Kidder 2005, 13 min, video
Luther Price, A 1995, 60 min, Super8mm (screened on DVD)

NP Contemporary Art Center
131 Chrystie Street New York, NY 10003-2813

Independent programmer Bradford Nordeen collects two searing works that tear open Hollywood formulas to address these startling queer perspectives. The program title misremembers the opening lyric of the theme to Imitation of Life, a tune which hauntingly floods Luther Price’s A. Alongside David Scheid’s video, Margot Kidder, these pieces use drag and collage editing tactics to reconstruct Hollywood from a space of queer fantasy, creating private narratives from popular fiction. David Scheid will be in attendance for the screening, which will feature a special introductory message by author and critic Kevin Killian.

What Is Life Without the Living is a touring program that has seen screenings at Artists’ Television Access in San Francisco and Mandrake in Los Angeles. The New York event will be accompanied by a free publication of images, illustrations, an essay, and artist writings designed by Deric Carner.