Erotic Screen and Sound Conference
IMA - Institute of Modern Art
Tuesday 15 February 2011 to Friday 18 February 2011
Opening Tuesday 15 February 2011 6pm
Exhibition
previously on
at
IMA - Institute of Modern Art
in
Brisbane precinct,
Queensland,
Australia
A joint project with the Centre for Cultural Research at Griffith University. Queensland College of Art, 226 Grey Street, South Bank. Daily conference with two special event screenings on Tuesday and Thursday evening.
15 Feb Erotic Screen and Sound Conference, Launch
Maura Reilly (the new Professor of Art Theory at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University) will talk to Luke Roberts about his current show AlphaStation/Alphaville, followed by a screening of Jack Smith’s notorious 1963 gender-bending film Flaming Creatures. ‘This movie will be called pornographic, degenerate, homosexual, trite, disgusting, etc—it is all that and it is so much more’, wrote Jonas Mekas. 16mm print courtesy National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra. A joint project with the Centre for Cultural Research and OtherFilm. Adults only
17 Feb Abnormal Love: Avant-garde Erotics
Perverted films from key figures in avant-garde cinema: Peggy Ahwesh, Abigail Child, Martha Colburn, the Kuchars, Jeanne Liotta, Carolee Schneemann, Paul Sharits, Gunvor Nelson, Naomi Uman, and Stan VanDerBeek. 16mm prints courtesy National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, and the Film-Makers’ Cooperative, New York. A joint project with the Centre for Cultural Research and OtherFilm. Adults only.
Location
IMA - Institute of Modern Art420 Brunswick Street
Fortitude Valley Precinct
Queensland
Australia
