Alejandro Jodorowsky // Chauvel Cinema
How could you not at feel a little cinephallic excitement with the news that that the Chauvel Cinema are presenting one-off 35mm screenings of Jodorowsky’s quasi-Western head-trip El Topo and John Lennon/Yoko Ono funded surreal and sacrilegious Holy Mountain, which recently screened a sell-out session at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
To celebrate its 100th issue our sister publication Two Thousand and Siren Entertainment are also proud to present an exhibition running in conjunctioin with the screenings. Held at the Chauvel Gallery and showcasing A0 prints from Jorodowsky’s new book of production notes titled ‘Photo gallery and Original Script Excerpts’ it will add another layer to this already remarkably textured film experience.
El Topo – 9pm, Saturday, 25 August
The Holy Mountain – 9pm, Saturday, 1 September
Tickets available from the Chauvel box office or through Moshtix.
– Illustrated images by Robert Cook –
Don’t Show Me Your Poetry // Robert Cook (Interview)
As the curator of the annual Octopus group show at Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Robert Cook is not shy about the fact that he loves his inner geek. “Don’t Show me Your Poetry” is largely an extension of those unexplored, sentimental territories inherent in all of us. Robert reveals his thoughts on pop music, comics, art, sensitivity and our obsession with youth. Words // Annie Wu
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Dog Day Morning // Max (Interview)
Admittedly, we have been otherwise occupied of late and things have been more than a bit slow on the posting front. For that we apologise but to compensate we have a special typed interview with Max Nazzari who – at only 16 weeks old – takes his writing very seriously indeed. Out here for the upcoming Melbourne Writer’s Festival before heading back to Paris this is what he had to say:
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Amber Wallis and Lizzie Hall’s ‘Swans & Ammo’ is scheduled to close at Utopian Slumps tomorrow (Saturday 18 August). After a more than successful exhibition Amanda Maxwell spoke retrospectively to Amber about the show, her upbringing and other pressing issues such as the impact of finance on colour.
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Desktop-Desktop #13
Michael Perry
Based in Brooklyn, NY, Michael Perry has been running his own studio for over a year and creating art, illustrations and design that reflect his positive outlook on the world. With an extensive list of work to sift through on his site midwestisbest.com some notable recent projects include a catalogue of type titled ‘Hand Job’ and ‘Untitled No. 001 ( A Fashion) Magazine’ which combines sophisticated typography and photography in a celebration of printed matter.
Must read: Profile Magazine Interview
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