{"id":13342,"date":"2014-04-21T16:41:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T20:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/?page_id=13342"},"modified":"2014-04-21T16:42:42","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T20:42:42","slug":"13342-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/?page_id=13342","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday April 26, 7pm<\/span><\/strong>
\n The Return of the End of NY: Films by Nick Zedd<\/span><\/strong>
\nco-presented by Microscope Gallery & Millennium Film Workshop<\/span>
\nat Brooklyn Fire Proof Gallery #104<\/span>
\nfilmmaker in person, admission $8<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n

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Stills from Ecstasy in Entropy (1999) <\/em>and Police State (1987) <\/em>\u00a9 courtesy of Nick Zedd<\/span>
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\nMicroscope Gallery & Millennium Film Workshop are very pleased to welcome NYC underground legend Nick Zedd on a quick visit from Mexico City to present a rare screening of three of his classic Cinema of Transgression films on original 16mm film.\u00a0The program includes the black & white\u00a0Police State, featuring Zedd as the falsely arrested; Ecstasy In Entropy\u00a0starring Annie Sprinkle and Taylor Mead; and “Why Do You Exist” a work accompanied by audio cassette sound. Also starring in the works: Brenda Bergman, Little Annie, Dr. Ducky Doolittle, Darryl Free, Gene Suicide, Joey Zero and others. <\/span><\/p>\n

The screening is the final event of a whirlwind two-day exhibition “The Return of the End of New York: Paintings by Nick Zedd & John Paul O’Grodnick”, which opens on Friday 4\/25 6-9 and is on view Saturday 4\/26 from Noon-6pm. <\/span>
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\nProgram <\/span><\/strong>
\n(approximately 45 minutes)<\/span>
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\nEcstasy In Entropy<\/strong>, 1999, 15 min, 16mm (audio cassette sound)<\/span>
\nA group of warrior lapdancers struggle to overthrow the<\/span>
\nauthoritarian structures of corporate state capitalism.<\/span>
\nIn between a succulent blowjob, the naked superwomen punch and <\/span>
\nwrestle in a voluptuous cataclysm of feminine ferocity while a chihuahua named Pinky<\/span>
\nsniffs at their feet. Stars Annie Sprinkle, Taylor Mead, Brenda Bergman,BOB, Jaiko Suzuki.<\/span>
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\nWhy Do You Exist<\/strong>, 1998, 11 min, 16mm \u00a0(audio cassette sound)<\/span>
\nA series of closeups of real urban “types” in which the camera is returned to its<\/span>
\nEdison-era status as a simple recording device.<\/span>
\nFeaturing Brenda Bergman, Kembra Pfahler, Dr. Ducky DooLittle, Mike Diana, Little Annie.<\/span>
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\nPolice State<\/strong>, 1987, 18 min, 16mm<\/span>
\nA black comedy about the abuse of power, exposing in all its ugliness, the callousness and corruption of the criminal justice system and its impact on those who don’t conform to approved cultural stereotypes. “A nihilistic roller coaster ride through hell” – Joe Bob Briggs<\/span>
\nStarring Zedd, Rockets Redglare, Flip Crowley, Willoughby Sharp.<\/span>
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\nNICK ZEDD is a film-maker, painter, writer, actor, political satirist, and a leading figure of the Lower East Side cinematic revolution, the\u00a0Cinema of Transgression\u00a0\u2013 a term he coined in a manifesto proclaiming \u201ca new generation of filmmakers daring to rip off the stifling straight jackets of film theory in a direct attack on every value system known to man.\u201d Zedd\u2019s films are screened regularly worldwide including and are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). His paintings have exhibited at Microscope Gallery, ADA Gallery, and Pendu Gallery among others.<\/span>
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\nThe Return of the End of New York: Paintings by Nick Zedd with works by John O\u2019Grodnick<\/em> is presented by Microscope Gallery w\/ Millennium Film Workshop at:<\/span>
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\nBrooklyn Fire Proof<\/strong><\/span>
\nGallery #104<\/span>
\n119 Ingraham Street<\/span>
\nBrooklyn, NY 11237<\/span>
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\nGallery Hours:<\/strong> <\/span>
\nApril 25 6-9pm (opening reception) <\/span>
\nApril 26th noon-6pm, w\/ screening at 7pm.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday April 26, 7pm The Return of the End of NY: Films by Nick Zedd co-presented by Microscope Gallery & Millennium Film Workshop at Brooklyn Fire Proof Gallery #104 filmmaker in person, admission $8 Stills from Ecstasy in Entropy (1999) and Police State (1987) \u00a9 courtesy of Nick Zedd Microscope Gallery & Millennium Film Workshop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13342","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13342"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13347,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13342\/revisions\/13347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}