I'm excited to be showing a film of mine as a part of the Wretched Nobles screening, Sunday, May 4th.
I'll be screening alongside fellow Chicago artists Emily Esperanza, and Kimo Knowles & Miya De Baker.
The event is Sunday, May 4th, 7pm, at 2454 W Moffat.
From the event page:
““EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE” IS THE BIGGEST LIE OF THE 21st CENTURY.
We are living in a world where all is antiquated, save for speedily progressing and ever-changing technology & the rapidly deteriorating environment. Everything has been experimented with; form, line, shadow, sound, attitude. We are living in a world where punk is dead. Where movements happened once, and then died and became untouchable legends. Our environment now: An urban wasteland. A cultural graveyard.
Hollywood has run out of ideas & continues to re-make the same film over and over… So much so that Hollywood has become a parody of itself. The ‘underground’ operates like a mafia, totally controlled by the distinct tropes, the characteristically experimental or the avant-garde, as defined by movements and generations past. The underground welcomes weirdness so long as it fits neatly in a pre-defined category. Enter the commercial mainstream as traditionally referenced vs. the mainstream in the underground.
BUT WHAT ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE???!!! That vagueness that gets under your skin, that you don’t have a name for coz you don’t know how it makes you feel. It’s so hard to talk about something that doesn’t have a name. Do you like it? Does it make you cringe? Are you confused? GOOD. YOU ARE ABOUT TO LEARN SOMETHING.
NEW ART DOES EXIST.
The WRETCHED NOBLES provide a venue for this NEW ART, celebrating ideas of EXILE, BANISHMENT, TRANSNATIONALISM, UNPREDICTABILITY, HOMELESSNESS, FLUX, INCONSISTENCY, UNPOPULARITY, HONESTY, CHILD-LIKE SELFISHNESS, SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, ANGST, PASSION, FLUIDITY IN IDENTITY, && MORAL PARADOX.
FEATURING FILMS BY:
GREG S. REIGH
EMILY ESPERANZA
KIMO KNOWLES
&
MIYA DEBAKER
WHEN: SUNDAY MAY 4
WHERE: 2454 W. MOFFAT (IN THE ATTIC)
7:00PM
FREE (BECAUSE ART SHOULD BE)”
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