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SUMMARY:Philly Abe This Side of Heaven
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Wednesday April 4 / 6–8 PM / Free\n. . . a hybrid practice that has consistently harnessed both punk irreverence and graffiti transgression to channel demons. . . into the exquisite\, glowing collages. —Jenifer P Borum\, Raw Vision magazine \nArtist and performer Philly Abe (July 8\, 1949–January 30\, 2018) was a vortex of energy and core member of the Howl! Happening Tribe. Whether performing on the street outside the gallery in the impromptu and wacky Full Moon Show\, cheering on her friends at events and exhibitions\, or just being her own chaotic\, colorful self\, Philly/Kondor8 was a visionary who never stopped creating and reinventing herself through her performances\, collages\, and paintings. This Side of Heaven pays tribute to her work and life\, as we mourn her passing with a memorial exhibition. \nPhilly was born in 1949 and grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia. She attended Penn State and received a degree in educational communications. Always a rebel rouser\, she was involved with some anarchist groups in the late 60s\, and in the 70s she moved to Toronto with her then-husband who worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. There she became involved with documentary radio\, studied dance with Lindsay Kemp\, and opened a punk store before heading West to more adventures. She made her way to San Francisco\, where she met Mike and George Kuchar\, with whom she would later make several films. Eventually\, in 1983\, she moved to the Lower East Side\, which was to be her home until her untimely death. \nOnce in New York\, Philly was fully engaged in the nightlife and cultural scene. She performed at the Pyramid\, Area\, Limbo Lounge\, 8BC\, Danceteria\, and did what it took to get by in the no holds barred atmosphere of creativity and community that reigned before the era of gentrification. It’s reputed that early on she even “slept on the stage of ABC No Rio.” \nIn January of this year\, she was the recipient of an Acker Award\, a tribute to the avant-garde arts community who praised her work and life “in defiance of convention.” Her bio from their program outlines her creative trajectory: She was part of 7 Days of Creation at ABC No Rio in 1983\, and the New Leonard Beach Hotel Project of artist-decorated rooms in Miami Beach in 1989\, both exhibitions curated by Allied Productions. She was the star of many films by director Todd Verow and his muse for more than two decades. Notable Verow films starring Philly include Once and Future Queen\, The Trouble of Perpetual Deja-Vu\, and most recently This Side of Heaven (2016). She starred in Agent of Paradise by Mary Bellis and was involved in screenings at Naked Eye Cinema. Her film credits also include appearances in the films of Jack Waters\, Carl George\, and Mike Kuchar. \nIn the 90s Philly fronted the punk band Eager Meat\, which recorded the album America is a Theme Park. In 2004\, she co-founded the noize/art collective Infinity SS (Saint Stanton) with Stanton Street artist friends Carlucci ‘The Magician’ Bencivenga\, Steve Ellis\, James Curtright\, Chris Morrow\, Craig Klein\, Kosuke Aoki\, Mayuka Nobuta\, and Dave Vulcan. They collaborated on art and their noize band performed at The Knitting Factory\, Arlene’s Grocery\, and CBGBs. \nFor the Acker Awards\, she described her work as “old style thrown against the wall of now—spray paint noize markers collage—with one foot in the Stone Age and the other in string theory.” Her work was featured on the cover of Raw Vision issue #66 in 2009\, and in exhibitions with Christina Varga in Woodstock\, New York\, and Phyllis Kind Gallery in Chelsea.
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SUMMARY:Once & Future Queen A film by Todd Verow starring Philly Abe
DESCRIPTION:An entertainingly appalling\, cheerfully nihilistic portrait…comically bodacious actress Philly may remind viewers of the Divine of the early John Waters films\, but her performance here is tougher. —THE TENNESSEAN \nHowl! Happening is pleased to present Todd Verow’s award-winning film Once & Future Queen starring Philly Abe. The screening is part of the events celebrating her life and memorial exhibition This Side of Heaven. \nAnti-Matter (Philly) is the queen of nothing\, the ruler of nowhere\, the monarch of cyphers—in other words\, she’s too cool for you—but can you put her up for the night? Drifting through the Lower East Side like the death rattle echoes of rock and roll\, she’s on a desperate\, desolate mission to get her band together and finally conquer something…anything. Her manic manipulations and chaotic philosophies never seem to gel in the present—she’s either a step behind or two steps ahead. Her therapist (Brenda Velez) can’t help her. Anti-Matter just wants to get drunk with her A.A. buddy (Eric Sapp). \nOld friends (Jennifer Blowdryer\, Kid Congo Powers) don’t want anything to do with her. New “friends” (Lee Whittier\, Tia Sprocket) simply don’t know what to do with her. Bored with the dangling fly striptease of fame that has eluded her whole life\, she’s nevertheless only alive onstage—dreaming of a place where no one will unplug that amp\, threaten her life\, or shove her out the door in the morning. Of course\, her rampant drug and alcohol use and frequent homelessness don’t help—plus she isn’t getting any younger and has been married more times than Liz Taylor. As her connections to reality slip away in the haze of her traveling sideshow lifestyle\, the inferno of celebrity and self-destruction seductively beckon. \nYou may leave this latest Todd Verow feature feeling vaguely unclean\, but if you haven’t been entertained\, it won’t be for the lack of effort of Verow and New York scene queen Philly. If you’re not glued to your seat as Anti-Matter drinks\, f**** and pill-pops her way across the Lower East Side\, you’ll be running for the door. —LA WEEKLY \nTodd Verow’s Once & Future Queen is a woman destined to be at the wrong place at the wrong time\, somehow turning that into a fashion statement. If you’ve ever felt used and abused\, underappreciated\, scraped off the sidewalk\, or simply horny\, Anti-Matter has some advice for you. She’s been there\, done that\, and doesn’t give a shit. Or so she says. \nWhat the press is saying: \n…DV filmmaking icon Todd Verow’s Once & Future Queen stars Philly as a down-and-out rocker seeking fame and friendship. The film’s episodic structure and dense sound design\, as well as Verow’s visual acumen\, make this one of his strongest films to date. —RES MAGAZINE \nWhether she’s draining the booze from an alcoholic friend’s pad (“to remove all temptation for you”) or sullenly raiding the refrigerator of one of her three ex-husbands (“he’s just pissed because I pulled a knife on him”)\, Anti-Matter is the pitch-perfect intersection of where narcissism crosses arrested ability. —THE DALLAS OBSERVER \n…Vivid and unpredictable…a fascinating bundle of contradictions. —THE CHICAGO READER \nAbout PHILLY ABE\nPhilly Abe (1949-2018) was a multifaceted artist living in NYC. Her acting credits include many films with the Kuchar Brothers (George and Mike Kuchar) and Todd Verow. She was an intuitive performer. While working on a CBC radio documentary on Lindsay Kemp\, she was offered a scholarship with the troop and never looked back. Ritual and trance are an important part of her work\, in an unending chain from political street theater in the 60s to underground film. Her mercurial androgynous performances have gained her a cult following around the world. \nAbout TODD VEROW \nTodd Verow was born in Bangor\, Maine\, on November 11\, 1966. He started acting and directing plays as a child\, and making movies while attending Rhode Island School of Design. He made short experimental films and worked as a cinematographer before making his feature film debut with Frisk\, which had its European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in the Forum 20 years ago. Starting his own production company Bangor Films\, Todd has directed over 20 features and numerous shorts\, establishing himself as the most prolific auteur emeritus of the New Queer Cinema. He is fiercely independent\, and chooses to finance\, write\, produce\, direct\, photograph\, and edit his own movies.
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