2019: Blonde Cobra #2

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  • JACK SMITH

    The first program features a short documentary by Birgit Hein showing iconic queer artist Jack Smith during a performance at the Cologne Zoo in 1974. Excerpts from the 2017 documentary ESCAPE FROM RENTED ISLAND: THE LOST PARADISE OF JACK SMITH by Jerry Tartaglia are commented and discussed in a talk between film theorist Marc Siegel (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M.) and British videoartist Phil Collins (Professor at KHM, Cologne)...

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  • CONFESSIONS OF AN ACTRESS

    The program CONFESSIONS OF AN ACTRESS is named after the performance by Berlin-based artist and actress Susanne Sachsse, who will give a performance. The following films will circle around the figure of the actress and the star, drawing a connection between queer desire, authenticity and fiction...

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  • CINEMATIC KIKI MINIBALL: HOUSE OF ST. LAURENT EUROPE

    The overall theme for the night is the movie NORMAL LOVE by Jack Smith, an experimental film that shows the adventures of an ensemble of glamorously dressed monsters. Become your own glamorous monster and be inspired by the movie’s visual cosmos serving Hollywood kitsch, exaggeration, absurdity and gender-bending characters to create your own personal look...

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  • THE ORNITHOLOGIST

    The program CONFESSIONS OF AN ACTRESS is named after the performance by Berlin-based artist and actress Susanne Sachsse, who will give a performance. The following films will circle around the figure of the actress and the star, drawing a connection between queer desire, authenticity and fiction...

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  • AGAINST THE FUR

    The program will open with a performance by Cologne-based artist Ale Bachlechner which will transform into the short film program AGAINST THE FUR revolving around motifs of nature, resistance, activism, and exoticized views...

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Thanks to Till Kniola & Kulturamt, Stadt Köln, Sebastian Freund & Turistarama, Georgina & House of Saint Laurent Europe, all guests and artists who participated: Thanks to Till Kniola&Stadt Köln, Sebastian Freund&Turistarama, Georgina & House of Saint Laurent Europe and all guests and artists who participated: Stefan Ramírez Pérez, Ale Bachlechner, Vika Kirchenbauer, Marc Siegel, Susanne Sachsse, Phil Collins, Felix Zilles-Perels, Matthias Müller, Christoph Girardet, Kerstin Honeit, Zachary Epcar, Mike Hoolboom, Zia Anger, NEOZOON, Birgit Hein, Karin Michalski, Cindy Moped, and the team behind the scenes: Lena Mrachacz, Lukas Soboll, Jonathan Kastl, Nicole Wegner, Chris Todd, Lenny Streit, Felix Bartke…

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