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Film exhibition at the MoMA
Still from The Yes Men Fix the World
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The zone where money and art intersect is a perilous plane full of soul sucking phantoms and tempestuous fame-tornadoes. Luckily for the enhancement of our turbulent capitalistic culture, since 1999 Creative Capital has guided over three-hundred priceless art projects through this apocalyptic economic landscape. Offering grants across the disciplines of Emerging Fields, Film/Video, Innovative Literature, Performing and Visual Arts, Creative Capital seeks artists looking to renew and innovate an adventurous spirit in contemporary art. Beginning on April 30, MoMA will be showcasing a prime selection of films Creative Capital has funded over the past decade.
Through the thirty-eight films that MoMA has selected run themes of political subversion and wild passion, as beds are lit on fire, the Weather Underground’s home footage is exposed, and Joey Ramone’s death sparks New York punk club nostalgia.
The exhibition opens with one-time only performance of Braden King’s Here (The Story Sleeps), a hybrid film-concert featuring a live score by Michael Krassner and the Boxhead Ensemble. The performance deconstructs King’s recent film Here, the first feature length film to be shot in post-Soviet Armenia.
Following the opening on April 30th thirty-eight films are spread across MoMA’s two theaters at random dates throughout the month of May. Some highlights include the May 6th viewing of animated film El Doctor, shown with a live soundtrack produced by a band that includes Fugazi drummer, Brendan Canty. On May 14 and 21 we are offered a follow up film from the trickster activist troupe The Yes Man titled The Yes Men Fix the World. And to close the exhibition on Jun 6th, “New Wave futurist noir” film whiteonwhite:randomthriller is randomly edited by custom designed computer software and played out before the audience in real time, followed by a question and answer session with filmmaker Eve Sussman. All showtimes and tickets are available at the MoMA website, www.moma.org.