Dazed & Confused #183 via Coute Que Coute.
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March 2010
Interview: Jake Yuzna On “Open”
Jake Yuzna, the nephew of horror film director and producer Brian Yuzna, was born 1982 in Minneapolis and today works and lives in New York. I already mentioned his debut movie “Open” in my little tribute to Genesis and Lady Jaye Bryer P Orridge – the film premiered at this year’s Berlinale and won the special award of the “Teddy” section. “Open” could be called an “inner-city road movie”, it portrays two emerging love affairs of people that all don’t really fall into the frame of traditional categories of sex and gender (click here for the Berlinale info sheet). The great thing about the movie (and at the same time the reason why I asked Yuzna right after seing the film if he would give me an interview) is that it is not a “problem film”, but rather the opposite. The athmosphere reminded me a bit of the more abstract movies of Gus van Sant.
Here’s the interview with Jake, I had to shorten it up a bit. I interviewed him in the lobby of a library next to Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz.
Kelis: Acapella
Click here if the video doesn’t work in your country.
Kenneth Anger: Kustom Kar Kommandos
I’ve finally found a good reason to mention Kenneth Anger on this page which is something I’ve had in mind for a longer time now. I’ve found this high resolution version of his beautiful short movie “Kustom Kar Kommandos” from 1965 on YouTube. The user who uploaded it is called bananimalistic (his account is worth a click) and he was kind enough to provide the viewer with some information about the history and the approach of the movie: “Kustom Kar Kommandos was originally to be an eight part, 30 minute film which Anger described as an erotic vision of a contemporary American (and specifically Californian) teenage phenomenon, the world of hot-rod and customized cars. Anger made the episode presently shown as Kustom Kar Kommandos to raise funds to finish the film, but was unable to do so and the project was abandoned.” More short films by Anger on YouTube (I especially like “Puce Moment“) and on this Facebook page (it’s where I found the film).
Interview Time: Joel Gibb, Vaginal Davis, Heather Cassils (The Queer Performance Artist Who Kissed Lady Gaga)
“I like underarm smell, but I’m not big on stinky breath. I’m okay with like, you know, a sweaty crotch or maybe one days worth of filth. I appreciate good oral hygiene.” Joel Gibb (Hidden Cameras) via BUTT Magazine “When it comes to performance art, I am more interested in the failures then the so-called successes. I have never cared for entertaining anyone. My performances may have elements that some may find entertaining, but that’s not my main purpose. If you want pure entertainment value just go and see something like Stomp or Blue Man Group.” Vaginal Davis via Interview Magazine “In fact, I sniffed her like a kind of aggressive beast. And as we got closer, she actually put her tongue in my mouth. She just went for it. It was really good.” Heather Cassils via Out.com (and yes, the rest of the interview is interesting as well)
Ryan McGinley: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Exhibition running until April 17th at Team Gallery, New York. Pictures via Coute Que Coute (check it out for more pictures, a review and further information). © by Ryan McGinley
Ali Love @ SMEGMA, Berghain/Panorama Bar
On April 1st, my personal italo disco hero Ali Love is performing a live set at Berlin’s Berghain/Panorama Bar. He’s playing at the legendary SMEGMA party which is hosted by Khan on that particular evening. To avoid any misunderstadings: At the same day Autechre will also be playing at Berghain, but they’ll play at the bigger club space downstairs, so the two events are not connected (this is not really made clear on the website).
Here are, once again, two of the reasons why I think it’s worth to visit Mr. Love’s gig (both via BIGSTEREO):
Nice Cave: Sound Suits
It seems obligatory to say that these ones are not created by the musician Nick Cave but by a sculptor and performance artist with the same name from Chicago. More about the suits in the little video at the end of this post and in this NY Times article. Via skeetshot/pull.
