Here is a sneak preview of the upcoming documentary directed by Jeff Mizushima, Banality Attack, starring Les Sewing Sisters (Lun*na Menoh + Saori Mitome) with the added presence of Tosh Berman.
Les Sewing Sisters embark on a uniquely intimate tour across Japan, performing in the closet spaces of private homes. Narrated through Tosh’s observations, the film follows the journey from one household to another, as he serves as MC, interviewer, roadie, and occasional source of anxiety. Along the way, we meet the generous homeowners (and their closets) who make each show possible.
What could possibly go wrong?
The Fantasy and Surreal Films of Relah Eckstein
Philosophical Research Society
3910 Los Feliz Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90027
Friday, November 8 · 7 - 8:30pm PST
Tickets Here
Fellini has Rome, John Waters has Baltimore, Kenneth Anger has heaven and hell, but Relah Eckstein has the San Fernando Valley. Using her home in the Valley and a studio at Los Angeles City College, Relah transformed her inner world on super 8mm and 16mm film. This series of short films exposes a love for film history but is filtered through Eckstein’s aesthetic, which combines low and high culture. The films are made within Relah’s world: her friends, her dog, her mother, and the combination of nightmares with dream-like beauty. Throughout her cinematic work, she collaborated with the GoGo’s Gina Schock as an actor and composer, Gary Friedlander. The artist can only make a unique approach, and seeing all her films in one show is like seeing a personal but edited journal of images and sound.
Relah will be there in person with Tosh Berman, an actor in her films, interviewing her with the others who worked with Relah, such as Kent Moorman (actor), Katrina Alexy (actor), Erik Deutschman (Cinematographer), Paul Sbrizzi (Cinematographer), and Lun*na Menoh (Costumes/Set Designer).
The films shown tonight are:
Ant Farm Super-8, 1987 (1 min and 30 seconds)
Light Mail 16mm, B&W, 1989 (3 min and 30 seconds)
Eggy Time 16mm, 1990 (3 min)
Mr. Bubblehead 16mm, 1990 (30 seconds)
Eye Creature 16mm, Color, 1991 (7 min)
The Room 16mm, B&W, 1992 (5 min and 30 seconds)
Oat-Meal 16mm, color, 1994 (8 min)
Lucy’s Dream 16mm, B&W, 1999 (12 min and 30 seconds)
French Toast 16mm, 2002-? (9 min) *Work-in-Progress
TICKETS: $10 (In-Person Event Only)
Please email events@prs.org or phone 323-663-2167 with any questions.
Brooklyn Rail is sponsoring an online showing of "Who Is Lun*na Menoh? a documentary by Jeff Mizushima on Lun*na Menoh and her art/performance work. July 4th. Thank you to The Brooklyn Rail and TOTAH for making this happen. Information here:
Today and tomorrow are the last days of "Lyrical Cool: A Tribute to Shirley Berman" at the Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles. I'm very happy with this exhibition, and I love the catalog that comes with the show. One can obtain the catalog either at the gallery or on their website: https://www.kohngallery.com/shop/lyrical-cool-a-tribute-to-shirley-berman
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