![]() ![]() ![]() Replaying the ’70s genres of Earth and body art, Lassry’s subjects appear distinctly self-conscious and uncomfortable. The canyons themselves are neatly manicured in some areas and wildly overgrown in others-a terrain that seems to speak of both availability and limits. The bumbling questions, even the condescension in the directors’ voices (most evident when they try to cajole an interviewee into removing his baseball cap to suit their lighting), strangely amplify the urgency of these testimonies.Īlison Maclean and Tobias Perse, Persons of Interest, 2004, still from a color digital video transferred to 35 mm film, 63 minutes.ĮLAD LASSRY Lassry is fascinated with the canyons of LA, where he takes provocative and affecting portraits of rarely dressed and often dirty young men, who happen to be artists. The subject is heartrending, and Persons has a unique formal strategy to match: Shot from a fixed vantage point in a cell-like room built for the production, the film doesn’t hide the sometimes awkward interactions between filmmaker and subject that usually get edited out. Filmed in 2002, Alison Maclean and Tobias Perse’s documentary presents twelve interviews with former “special interest” detainees. PERSONS OF INTEREST Of the more than five thousand people questioned after September 11, an untold number were Muslims arrested on American soil for minor immigration violations (or more often for no legal reason at all) and then detained in secret while the government tried to link them to terrorist activity. ![]() Past, present, and future coexist as something Eternal. Despite the hybrid, the final product is sheer originality. Their new album, Rawar Style, gives nods to the Clash, African Head Charge, Capleton, and Sun Ra, among others. THE ETERNALS This Chicago-based trio blends a cornucopia of samples, synthesizers, bass, drums, and vocals into a futuristic sound that comes tumbling at you. 122 with the theater company the Civilians in Nobody’s Lunch. Alix Lambert, a multimedia artist based in New York and Los Angeles, was recently seen performing at New York’s P.S. ![]()
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