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Magic and Catastrophe  

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Magic and Catastrophe  

An online film and performance event   Sunday, May 24, at 5pm. 

Film by John Bruce and Paweł Wojtasik

Performance by Matt Freedman and Tim Spelios

It is the latest in a series of projects that include 2016 installation End of Life  at the Equitable Vitrines in Los Angeles, the widely shown feature film of the same title (2017), and (Im)mortality exhibition at Park Place Gallery in 2018. 

The event will consist of the film ACME Death Kit and will feature 2018 performance by Matt Freedman, followed by live Zoom performance by Matt and Tim Spelios, longtime collaborators on a series Endless Broken Time at Studio 10 Gallery.

"A dark fantasy dance marathon on the event horizon” 

—J.B.

END OF LIFE website:

https://www.endoflifeproject.com

BOMB MAGAZINE:

https://bombmagazine.org/articles/life-before-death-john-bruce-and-pawel-wojtasik-interviewed/

ARTFORUM:

https://www.artforum.com/film/leo-goldsmith-on-the-fortieth-edition-of-cinema-du-reel-at-the-centre-pompidou-74982

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/end-life-review-1100301

BROOKLYN RAIL

https://brooklynrail.org/2018/06/artseen/IMMORTALITY-John-Bruce-and-Pawel-Wojtasik-with-a-performance-by-Matt-Freedman