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U.S. Premiere
Marie Losier’s Film Portraits

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 7pm

Q&A with Tony Conrad following the screening
Co-presented by the Luxe Gallery
Part of Crossing the Line: FIAF Festival 2008

Crossing the Line: FIAF Fall Festival 2008

A woman gives birth to a pair of hands. An animated figure tries in vain to eat her fist. Twenty people climb out of a 280-pound pot of spaghetti—all indelible moments in the work of celebrated underground filmmaker Marie Losier, from her remarkable set of short films.

Exuding an infectious love for the medium, these bizarre, beautiful portraits combine a whimsical nostalgia for cinema’s past with a surrealist touch.

Each film focuses on a specific artist, including Richard Foreman, George Kuchor, Guy Maddin, Genesis P-Orridge and Tony Conrad, reverently immortalizing—in celluloid—creativity and eccentricity at its most endearing. The multifaceted concept artist and minimalist Tony Conrad will join Ms. Losier in presenting these films, including Tony Conrad DreaMinimalist (N.Y. Premiere), followed by a Q&A session. An indisputable force behind the American Avant-Garde film and music movements, Mr. Conrad’s works underscore the overarching themes of multi-disciplinary talent and curiosity that permeate Ms. Losier’s films.

In English

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Photo: Tony Conrad in Film Portraits by Marie Losier. ©Marie Losier

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