ALL WORK AND NO PLAY FOR ME. BUT I AM SURE IT WILL BE A INTERESTING EVENING, ABOUT A VERY INTERESTING MAN
PLAN B MAGAZINE PRESENTS...
Wild Combination: Screening, Lecture & Seminar - An Evening Devoted To The Life & Times Of Arthur Russell
An evening devoted to celebrating the life and times of one of New York’s most revered and influential musicians: Arthur Russell. The evening will start with a screening of the new Arthur Russell documentary ‘Wild Combination’, which will then be followed with a lecture by author, cultural critic and academic: Tim Lawrence. To finish the evenings festivities, Plan B Magazine writers will be playing some of their favourite songs by Russell and those who have been influenced by his music.
Tim Lawrence
Following his critically lauded history of dance music, in its seventies heyday: ‘Love Saves The Day’, Tim Lawrence’s in-depth biography of downtown musician Arthur Russell; ‘Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-92’, traces Russell's life from his anonymous childhood in Oskaloosa, Iowa, to his extraordinary spell in New York City, and provides the first detailed analysis of Russell's groundbreaking contribution to one of the most maniacally productive periods in city's music history.
Wild Combination
Wild Combination is director Matt Wolf’s visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. Now, over fifteen years since his passing, Arthur's work is finally finding its audience. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur's family, friends, and closest collaborators—including Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg—to tell this poignant and important story.
21st Nov 2008 Doors: 8pm-2am
Entrance: £5 Adv. Tickets: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/38931
Venue: Assam Arts Space, 4 Assam St, London, E1 7QS
Nearest Tube: Aldgate East
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