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BAM 2014 Next Wave Festival #WarholExposed Brooklyn Academy of Music Alan H. Fishman, Chairman of the Board William I. Campbell, Vice Chairman of the Board Adam E. Max, Vice Chairman of the Board Karen Brooks Hopkins, President Joseph V. Melillo, Exposed: Executive Producer Songs for Unseen Warhol Films BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Nov 6—8 at 7:30pm Running time: one hour and 15 minutes, no intermission The Andy Warhol Museum Guest music curator Dean Wareham Guest songwriters: Tom Verlaine Martin Rev Eleanor Friedberger Dean Wareham Bradford Cox Season Sponsor: Films by Andy Warhol Time Warner is the BAM 2014 Co-commissioned by The Andy Warhol Museum, BAM Next Wave Festival Sponsor for the 2014 Next Wave Festival, and UCLA Center for the Art of Performance Support for the Howard Gilman Signature Artist Series provided by The Howard Gilman Foundation Digital transfer of Warhol films courtesy of MPC Leadership support for BAM Visual Art provided by Agnes Gund and Toby Devan Lewis Exposed Me and Taylor, 1963 BAM 2014 Next Wave Festival EXPOSED: SONGS FOR UNSEEN WARHOL FILMS In celebration of the museum’s 20th anniversary, the Andy Warhol Museum is proud to partner with the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance to co- commission a new performance that comprises 15 short Warhol films, never before publicly exhibited, accompanied by live music. The films chosen are a combination of portraits and actualités featuring superstars and luminaries such as Taylor Mead, Mary Woronov, Edie Sedgwick, Mario Montez, John Giorno, Marcel Duchamp, Marisol, Donovan, and Andy Warhol himself. This special project strives to support the museum’s mission by utilizing its collection in new ways that honor the unwavering relevancy of the art and life of Andy Warhol by re-contextualizing his work in ways that resonate in contemporary culture. Five songwriter-composers representing a musical trajectory from the 1970s until today perform original scores to these rare Warhol selections. The composers and performers, selected by Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna), who also performs, include punk icons Tom Verlaine (Television) and Martin Rev (Suicide), Eleanor Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces), and Bradford Cox (Deerhunter, Atlas Sound). The Exposed project was produced for the Andy Warhol Museum by Ben Harrison, curator of performing arts; Geralyn Huxley, curator of film and video; and Greg Pierce, assistant curator of film and video, in consultation with Dean Wareham, guest musical curator. The 15 films have been digitized as part of a larger project to preserve and make accessible all of Andy Warhol’s film work. This archival achievement is made possible through a new partnership initiated by the Andy Warhol Museum’s Geralyn Huxley, Greg Pierce, and Patrick Moore, adjunct curator, with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and the Moving Picture Company (MPC), a Technicolor Company, which brings together the world’s most comprehensive single-artist museum—a preeminent museum for modern art, and a global leader in digital effects. Exposed makes its New York premiere as part of a national tour, following the world premiere in Pittsburgh at the Carnegie Music Hall and the west coast premiere in Los Angeles at UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance in October. Exposed is the Warhol’s second performance commission involving the museum’s film collection after 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests (featuring Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips), co-commissioned by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust for the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts 2008, which has been touring internationally for six years. All film stills ©2014 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved. Film stills courtesy The Andy Warhol Museum. Exposed TOM VERLAINE John Washing (1963) 16mm film, black and white, silent, 4.5 minutes at 16fps With John Giorno Jill (1963) 16mm film, black and white, silent, 4.5 minutes at 16fps* With Jill Johnston John Washing, 1963 Bob Indiana Etc. (1963) 16mm film, color, silent, 4 minutes at 16fps* With Wynn Chamberlain, John Giorno, Robert Indiana, Marisol, Eleanor Ward *To be shown at 24fps Tom Verlaine, one of the key figures of the punk movement, helped to put the legendary club CBGB on the map in 1974. Television, the band co-founded by Verlaine, recorded the iconic album Marquee Moon, which is regularly included on critics’ lists of the greatest rock albums ever recorded. Television performs live on occasion, most recently touring in 2013. Verlaine has continued to dazzle with his writing and guitar playing throughout his solo career. Verlaine has a unique Photo: Stefano Giovannini sound, and was included in Rolling Stone’s list of 100 greatest guitarists. “There was punk energy propelling Television,” writes David Fricke, “but guitarist Tom Verlaine was no angry primitive hacking at the strings. He used a crisp, needling attack and favored long, carefully developed exchanges with guitarist Richard Lloyd. The result was music of Coltrane-like depth at a time when the spastic outburst was the norm.” Who’sExposed Who MARTIN REV Superboy (excerpt) (1966) 16mm film, black and white, silent, 4.6 minutes at 16fps* With unidentified man Song title: “Sugar Baby” Allen (excerpt) (1964) 16mm film, black and white, silent, 4.2 minutes at 16fps With Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gerard Malanga, Taylor Mead, Peter Orlovsky Song title: “Poetry” John Washing, 1963 Jack Cigarette (excerpt from Batman Dracula) (1964) 16mm film, black and white, silent, 4.4 minutes at 16fps With Beverly Grant, Jack Smith Song title: “Monsters” *To be shown at 24fps Martin Rev, born and raised in New York City, is co-founder of the electronic group Suicide. His style varies widely from release to release, from electronic no wave (Martin Rev) to bubblegum electronic (See Me Ridin’, Strangeworld) to heavy synthesizer rock (To Live), to Baroque/orchestral (Stigmata). Rev also works with Stefan Roloff on soundtracks for Roloff’s video work and composed Photo: Divine Infant the soundtrack to his acclaimed documentary, Die Rote Kapelle. He contributed to The Raveonettes’ 2005 album, Pretty in Black, and appeared with MIA on The Late Show with David Letterman in a performance of her single “Born Free,” in which his instrumental track “Ghost Rider” was featured as a sample. He currently tours internationally as a solo performer, and with Suicide. Exposed ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER Screen Test: Donovan [ST 78] (1966) 16mm film, black and white, silent, 4.2 minutes at 16fps Song title: “Deep in the Subway” Marisol—Stop Motion (1963) 16mm film, black and white, silent, 4.5 minutes at 16fps* With Marisol Song title: “Born with Two Names” John Washing, 1963 Screen Test: Edie Sedgwick [ST 310] (1965) 16mm film, color, silent, 4.5 minutes at 16fps Song title: “All Known Things” *To be shown at 24fps Eleanor Friedberger Originally known as the vocalist in the brother-sister duo the Fiery Furnaces, Eleanor Friedberger released her solo debut Last Summer in 2011 on Merge Records, followed by Personal Record in 2013. Friedberger’s music is equally playful, yet more straightforward than the Furnaces’, and pays homage to the introspective pop of the ’70s. “Very few are writing with half the precision, wit and cool poise that Friedberger displays” (Pitchfork). Photo courtesy the artist Exposed DEAN WAREHAM Paraphernalia (1966) 16mm film, color, silent, 3.8 minutes at 16fps* With International Velvet (Susan Bottomly) Song title: “Paraphernalia” Nico/Antoine (1966) 16mm film, color, silent, 4.4 minutes at 16fps* With Antoine (Pierre Antoine Muracciolo), Nico Song title: “Where Did Everyone Go To?” John Washing, 1963 Kiss the Boot (excerpt) (1966) 16mm film, black and white, silent, 4.5 minutes at 16fps With Gerard Malanga, Mary Woronov Song title: “Walk into the Sea” *To be shown at 24fps Dean Wareham, a singer/guitarist, was born in Wellington, New Zealand, but moved to New York City in 1977, at age 14. His band Galaxie 500 emerged from Boston in 1988 and made three albums that influenced a generation of indie rock bands. He went on to record seven studio albums with his next band Luna, and three more with his wife Britta Phillips as Dean & Britta. Dean & Britta’s recent collaboration with the Andy Warhol Museum, 13 Photo courtesy the artist Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests, has toured the world for six years. In March 2014 he released his first solo album, Dean Wareham. Exposed BRADFORD COX Screen Test: Marcel Duchamp and Benedetta Barzini [ST 81] (1966) 16mm film, black and white, silent, 4.2 minutes at 16fps Mario Montez and Boy (1965) 16mm film, color, silent, 4 minutes at 16fps With Mario Montez, Richard Schmidt John Washing, 1963 Me and Taylor (1963) 16mm film, black and white, silent, 4.5 minutes at 16fps* With Taylor Mead, Andy Warhol *To be shown at 24fps Bradford Cox, born in Athens, GA in 1982, is best known as the leader of the avant garage band Deerhunter. He also releases solo material under the pseudonym Atlas Sound. He has been making music on tape recorders since 1994. Based in Atlanta, GA, his most recent work has been focused loosely on wire sculpture and experimental perfumery. Photo: Lockett Pundt Who’s Who ADDITIONAL PERFORMERS Noah Hecht (drums), based in Brooklyn, is a member of Icewater, Eleanor Friedberger’s band, and collaborates in other contexts as well. He graduated with a BM and a BA from Oberlin Conservatory and College, where he studied with his mentor Billy Hart, a.k.a. Jabali. Hecht also spent several months studying Afro-Brazilian folkloric music traditions in northeastern Brazil. Britta Phillips (bass, keyboards, vocals) was a member of the band Luna, and one half of the duo Dean & Britta, whose major recent touring and recording project was 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests.