[Nettime-bold] Lux this week

[Ian White <ianwhite@lux.org.uk>]

NELSON SULLIVAN'S DOWNTOWN
Wed 2nd - Sun 6th May

One of the most ubiquitous if unassuming figures in the '80's crazed nightlife of the NYC downtown performance/nightclub/art scene, Nelson Sullivan took his camcorder (one of the newly-available hand-helds) with him every time he left his meatpacking district loft.

What was captured is an invaluable documentation from the inside out of one of the most radical and exciting periods in recent subcultural history; the raucous scenes at The Pyramid, Dancetaria, The World, The Saint, Copacabana, The Dive, Area, Limelight; seminal performances from Leigh Bowery, John Sex, Jayne County, Ethyl Eichelberger; early incarnations of Ru Paul, Deee-Lite, Lypsinka; gallery openings from Warhol to Haring & underground 'vets Sylvia Miles, Annie Flanders, Cherry Vanilla & Holly Woodlawn.

Unique, personal and revealing these tapes have been edited from an archive of over 1,500-hours of footage by Steve Lafreniere of Index magazine and Dick Richards - a childhood friend of Sullivan's who now owns them. 
The free-wheeling Manhattan of 15years ago depicted here is starkly different from the Giulliani-Disney version now playing.

ALSO SCREENING:
3 exclusive programmes dripping with fresh blood direct from the New York Underground Film Festival, a programme of avant-garde film that (de)centres on the city, and the early '90's doc on the life and work of Sullivan,  DIED ON THE 4TH JULY & Slava Tsukerman's LIQUID SKY!!

check listings for details: www.lux.org.uk

box office: 020 7684 0201



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