Tuesday, November 7, 2023
7:00 pm
BETWEEN BRIDGES
BERLIN
BOOK RELEASE EVENT!
To celebrate the release of “Ordinary Things Will Be Signs for Us”, two rarely-seen short films about Corita will be screened. The event will be hosted by one of the book’s editors, Jordan Weitzman. Books will be available to purchase.
Special thanks to Olivian Cha & Nellie Scott (Corita Art Center); and Baylis & Aaron Glascock.
Baylis Glascock
WE HAVE NO ART
1967, 26 min, 16mm-to-digital
Glascock, a former student of Corita, presents an extraordinary view of her life as a teacher at Immaculate Heart College, where she taught from 1947 to 1968. Featuring rare footage of Corita with her students – engaged in everything from composing the iconic Ten Rules to taking “viewfinder” field trips to the tire store – this short film provides insight into her unique approach to teaching and art.
Thomas Conrad
ALLELUIA
1967, 23 min, 16mm-to-digital
Conrad, another former student of Corita, subtitled ALLELUIA, “Being a true account of the life and times of Sister Mary Corita, IHM.” Accompanied by the artist’s narration, the film offers a rare glimpse into Corita’s serigraphy studio and artmaking process.
Friday, October 13, 2023
7:30 pm
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
New York, NY
BOOK RELEASE EVENT!
Corita Kent, formerly Sister Mary Corita, is widely known for her exuberant serigraphs, inspired teaching methods, and lively art classes at Los Angeles’s Immaculate Heart College art department in the 1950s and 1960s. Corita was an enthusiastic photographer who shot thousands of 35mm slides documenting the art department’s activities, the urban landscape of Los Angeles, advertising, supermarkets, cookies, coke bottles, experiments, flowers, folk art, visits with Charles and Ray Eames, street signs, kites, and much more. The new book, “Ordinary Things Will Be Signs for Us” – edited by Julie Ault, Jason Fulford, and Jordan Weitzman, and published by J&L Books and Magic Hour Press – combines over 300 of Corita’s photos, annotated with excerpts from her writings and interviews.
To celebrate the release of “Ordinary Things Will Be Signs for Us”, two rarely-seen short films about Corita will be screened. The event will be hosted by the book’s editors, Ault, Fulford, and Weitzman, as well as contributor Olivian Cha, of the Corita Art Center, and will be followed by a reception. Books will be available to purchase.
Special thanks to Olivian Cha & Nellie Scott (Corita Art Center); and Baylis & Aaron Glascock.
Baylis Glascock
WE HAVE NO ART
1967, 26 min, 16mm-to-digital
Glascock, a former student of Corita, presents an extraordinary view of her life as a teacher at Immaculate Heart College, where she taught from 1947 to 1968. Featuring rare footage of Corita with her students – engaged in everything from composing the iconic Ten Rules to taking “viewfinder” field trips to the tire store – this short film provides insight into her unique approach to teaching and art.
Thomas Conrad
ALLELUIA
1967, 23 min, 16mm-to-digital
Conrad, another former student of Corita, subtitled ALLELUIA, “Being a true account of the life and times of Sister Mary Corita, IHM.” Accompanied by the artist’s narration, the film offers a rare glimpse into Corita’s serigraphy studio and artmaking process.
still from Alleluia
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
7:00pm
BETWEEN BRIDGES
Adalberstrasse 43
Berlin, Germany
A night of screenings plus a talk by Gary Schneider to celebrate the third printing of Peter Hujar’s Day by Linda Rosenkrantz, published by Magic Hour Press. The night will include the first screening in Europe of a rare film Peter Hujar shot.
SCREENINGS:
Salters Cottages by Gary Schneider
16 min
This 16 minute 16mm silent film was shot in a community of identical Cape Cod cottages on a promontory overlooking Gardiner’s Bay in Springs, Long Island. The cottages are close together, and the film explores the voyeurism and exhibitionism of its residents. The performers are John Erdman, Peter Hujar, Suzanne Joelson and Gary Stephan and is an homage to Jean Genet’s Un Chant d’Amour (1950).
Hujar / Palermo by Moyra Davey
4 min
Davey’s film is a meditation on Hujar through Portraits in Life and Death (Da Capo Press, 1976), the only book Hujar published in his lifetime.
Aunte Belle Emme by Peter Hujar
6 min
Peter Hujar, widely known for his square black and white photos of the downtown New York scene of the 70s and 80s, also experimented with film. Aunte Belle Emme (a play on the word antebellum) stars experimental drag performer Ethyl Eichelberger playing the title character. Stylistically, the film is reminiscent of both Hujar’s photos and of films from the silent era. This film has rarely been shown and will be the first time it is screened in Europe.
Special thanks to Joe E. Jeffreys for providing this footage.
Screen Test [ST157]: Peter Hujar by Andy Warhol
4 min
From 1964-66, Andy Warhol made hundreds of silent, black and white film portraits of the downtown New York cultural scene, all shot in the same deadpan style. It can be noted that Hujar’s screen test became part of a series Warhol made called The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys (Paul Thek was also featured). Additionally, Warhol’s nickname for Hujar’s screen test was “the boy who never blinks” because Hujar is totally still and barely blinks throughout.
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Programmed by Francis Schichtel and Jordan Weitzman
November 9-17
POLYCOPIES
Concorde-Atlantique and Berges de Seine Boat
Port de Solferino, Facing #23
Quai Anatole
Paris 7ieme
France
Magic Hour Press at the book fair!
October 13-16, 2022
NEW YORK ART BOOK FAIR
548 W. 22nd St.
New York, NY
September 15, 2022
7-9:30pm
THE EMERALD
5295 Parc Ave.
Montreal, Quebec
Montreal book launch and signing for Jordan Weitzman’s Participation.
August 19, 2022
7-9:30pm
ENSEMBLE
7 rue du Chevalier Roze
Marseille, France
13002
Book signing and Vernissage for Jordan Weitzman’s Participation.
July 21, 2022
6-8pm
MAST Books
72 Ave A.
New York, New York
Book Launch and signing to celebrate the launch of Jordan Weitzman’s book, Participation.
May 21-22, 2022
11:00 am - 7:00 pm
ICP
79 Essex St.
New York, New York
Photobook Fest book fair at ICP
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
6:30 pm
Micamera Bookstore
Via Medardo Rosso, 19
Milan, Italy
Book launch for Peter Hujar’s Day and The Ice Palace is Gone presented by Jordan Weitzman and Francis Schichtel.
Saturday, March 19, 2022
3:00 pm
La Mamma Galleria
47 Great Jones St, New York, New York
Coffeehouse Chronicles #163. Pannel discussion about Peter Hujar with Moyra Davey, Nan Goldin, Gary Schneider and Vince Aletti, moderated by Stephen Koch. You can watch the panel here.
Books being sold along with a limited edition poster made for the event of an early digital photograph by Kazuko Oshima of Linda Rosenkrantz and Peter Hujar.
Thursday, November 18, 2021
7:00 pm
Kunsthalle Zurich
Ebene A, Löwenbräukunst, Zugang Limmatstrasse 270
Zurich, Switzerland
Mitchell Anderson in conversation with Jordan Weitzman, publisher, and Francis Schichtel from the Peter Hujar Archive to discuss the publication of Peter Hujar’s Day by Linda Rosenkrantz.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
6:00-8:00 pm
Mast Books
72 Ave. A
NYC
Book launch party for The Ice Palace is Gone by Ian Lewandowski.
October 23, 2021
3:00-5:00 PM
Hosted by Marc Selwyn Fine Art at:
Mameg
9970, S. Santa Monica Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA
Reception for Peter Hujar’s Day by Linda Rosenkrantz to celebrate the release of the book.
Brief discussion about the making of the book with author Linda Rosenkrantz and publisher Jordan Weitzman, followed by a book signing with the author. First 20 copies sold come with a limited edition post card made for the event.
