phantom limbs

journal by Sam Zimmerman concerning new media arts in New York City, curated events at Monkeytown (the video dinner theater in Williamsburg) and his personal projects

Friday, April 17, 2009

Genesis P-Orridge and Thee Majesty at the Centre Pompidou

Here are a few grabs from the pieces Jeanne Angel and I made for the performance at the Centre Pompidou with Genesis P-Orridge and Thee Majesty.


















Jeanne has posted a great video from the opening of the show on Facebook


Thanks to Gen for the invitation, and to Eddie and Marie and to Delphine and Fabrice at Pompidou for all of the arrangements.

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Friday, March 13, 2009

Thee Majesty at Centre Pompidou

Jeanne Angel and I are working on video for the Genesis P-Orridge performance at Centre Pompidou on April 4

A little bit about this project:
90% "JUNK DNA" when analysed many ways proves to be a LANGUAGE! a FALLEN ANGELIC SCRIPT hidden in our DNA driving us to homogeneity and the creation of a global brain that will allow these faLLEN ANGEls TO CO-OPT TOTAL CONTROL OF HUMANS AS SLAVES, ORBIODRIVES OF THEIR SUPERCOMPOUTER. tHE 1 AND 0 BINARY CODE ARE A MEANS OF separation =DEATH )DAATH) AND OF COURSE THE NEED FOR THE one TO enter THE zero (YONI) TO replicate BUT ALWAYS A SPLIT BEING. tHE angelic RESISTANCE ARE THE pandrogynes..tHE pandrogyne IS THE oCROSSED BY THE 1. oR ANOTHER WAY TWO ZERO'S MERGE TO CREATE A LARGER SINGLE CELL ETC. a VERY DIFFERENT FORM OF ANGELIC BIOCOMPUTER...

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Monkey Town at Scope New York 2009

Big thanks to Lilah and Alexis at Scope for inviting me to show 6 hours (!) of video on Saturday, March 7 from noon to 6pm.

scope-art.com/Index.php/new_york/programs/

It was a bit much to take on by myself, so Genesis P-Orridge kindly shared from her collection for the first program.

Program 1
12pm–4pm
Regeneration Hex- You Are Your Own Screen
Curated by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge.
Rare films exploring the CUT-UP revelational process, including works by William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Anthony Balch, BREYER P-ORRIDGE, Scott Treleaven, Hermann Nitsch, Marie Losier, Sam Zimmerman and Derek Jarman. The screening will include a supplemental program of cut-up pieces by Nate Boyce, John Michael Bolig, Davy Force, Yoshi Sodeoka and Antoine Catala.

Program 2
4pm–6pm
You Can Rebuild You
Curated by Sam Zimmerman.
Assorted investigations into the future of the body: remodeled, reimagined, realized. Artists include Adam Zaretsky, Micah Moses, Geoffrey Pugen, Julia Reodica, Caz McIntee, William R. Skullmaster, Boryana Dragoeva, Marie Losier, Marianna Ellenberg and C-TRL. Includes biofeedback analysis by the Metasynergistics Evaluative Media Experience.

Thanks to the artists for sharing their work and to everyone who came by to visit!

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Bacchanale in Vienna

Bacchanale is screening in in Vienna on Saturday, February 14th at Symposion Pornonom: www.sympornonom.com

Thanks to Sabine Sonnenschein for including the film in this event!

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Monday, February 02, 2009

Bacchanale in Amsterdam

Big thanks to Jennifer Lyon Bell and the folks at Rated X for including Bacchanale in the Amsterdam Alternative Erotica Film Festival, Jan. 15-18 2009!

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Monday, December 29, 2008

Honey Bunny V2


Thanks to everyone who attended the premiere of Honey Bunny V2! This 2-channel mashup splices Margie Schnibbe's original art-porn feature with new pieces by:

Jeanne Angel
Bengala
Elle Burchill
Andrew Erdos
Lilah Freedland
Chris Garneau
Lauren Lavitt
Caralee McElroy
A. Ash Miller
Alexander Reyna
Joshua Sandler
Zach Sandler
Irina Sarnetskaya
Fay Serafica
ShiZaru_Zoe
Yoshi Sodeoka
William Skullmaster
Skye Thorstenson
Lee Wells
Grant Worth
Sam Zimmerman

Thanks to all these people for their gracious participation in this project! And to Leisure Muffin for his original music, and to Margie for entrusting us with her movie.

Encore screening at Monkey Town on January 20th @ 8pm, hopefully followed by screenings on the west coast and beyond. Happy new year everybunny!

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Saturday, October 25, 2008

Bacchanale in Berlin



Many thanks to the Pornfilmfestival Berlin 2008 for screening Bacchanale as a feature selection on Oct. 24:

http://www.pornfilmfestivalberlin.de/08e-filme.html

Here's their kind words from the program notes:

"To pay homage to this underground cult film, 57 audio artists set themselves at the behest of the New York Art Collective Monkey Town to re-interpret it and sew a new sonic garment on its entire body. The result is amazing: Not only does it boost the intoxicating character of "Bacchanale" to an immense degree, but also through the various themes of the musical background, there emerges a collection of 57 short, totally different miniatures, that in the end make a whole. Bacchanale 2006 - it is more than a film, it is an experience!"

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