Join us for this 35mm screening of one of the strangest drug cult films to come out of the 80s.
WHAT: Slava Mogutin presents LIQUID SKY
WHEN: Monday, October 27, 8PM
WHERE: IFC Center - 323 6th Ave at W. 3rd St.
LIQUID SKY
1982. USA. 112 min. Directed by Slava Tsukerman. 35mm print.
Androgynous fashion models, dope dealing performance artists, UFOs and killer orgasms are just a few of the elements that made Russian director Slava Tsukerman’s Warholian sci-fi film an instant cult-classic upo...
Join us for this 35mm screening of one of the strangest drug cult films to come out of the 80s.
WHAT: Slava Mogutin presents LIQUID SKY
WHEN: Monday, October 27, 8PM
WHERE: IFC Center - 323 6th Ave at W. 3rd St.
LIQUID SKY
1982. USA. 112 min. Directed by Slava Tsukerman. 35mm print.
Androgynous fashion models, dope dealing performance artists, UFOs and killer orgasms are just a few of the elements that made Russian director Slava Tsukerman’s Warholian sci-fi film an instant cult-classic upon its release in 1982. Most alluring to the LGBT crowd was co-writer and star Anne Carlisle, who brilliantly played both bisexual model Margaret and her skuzzy drug-addict nemesis Jimmy (the scene where both characters have sex is surely a first in film history). The film’s vision of New York City as the coolest, strangest, most exciting place on Earth was particularly appealing to a generation of artists, freaks and queers, including our guest presenter, Russian-American artist and writer Slava Mogutin who moved here after being exiled for his subversive and pro-gay writings and activism in 1995.
As always, our screening will be followed by drinks and discussion at Julius Bar (159 West 10th St. at Waverly), the oldest gay bar in New York City!
SLAVA MOGUTIN
Slava Mogutin is a Siberian-born artist and writer exiled from Russia for his outspoken writings and activism. He became the first Russian to be granted political asylum in the US on the grounds of homophobic persecution. He is the author of two monographs of photography published in the US and seven books of writings in Russian. Mogutin’s artwork has been exhibited internationally and featured in a wide range of publications including Flash Art, i-D, Dazed & Confused, L’Uomo Vogue, Stern, and The New York Times. In March 2014, Mogutin released his first collection of writings in English, Food Chain, published by the Brooklyn-based ITNA Press.
www.slavamogutin.com
