Experimental Music and Film at The Red Room
July 2010 - September 2010

Doors open for all events at 8:30

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:

Thursday, July 29th, $5

Mary Helena Clark Presents Films by Jack Smith + Surprises

Come watch two films "Overstimulated" and "I Was A Male Yvonne De Carlo" by underground filmmaker, pioneering performance artist, photographer, record collector, super star Jack Smith AND snacks and other films featuring the likes of Andy Warhol and Bela Lugosi.

OVERSTIMULATED (1960) ..."This short film, restored in 1995, stars Jerry Sims and the late filmmaker, Bob Fleischner. It is an early filmic exploration of the 'aesthetic of delirium' which Smith developed in his later films. - J. T. Plaster Foundation

I WAS A MALE YVONNE DE CARLO (1968) "Shot mainly during the late '60s and edited a decade or more later, I WAS A MALE YVONNE DE CARLO is one of several films and slide shows that feature the filmmaker as a mock celebrity...Smith waits under the visible movie lights, drumming the fingers. A fan presents him with a black and white glamour shot (Smith in profile, posed with a sinuously curved dagger) to autograph as the Warhol Superstar Ondine, dressed entirely in black leather, snaps his picture. Violence erupts as the nurse takes out a whip to discipline the star's fans. When a female creature pulls out the same dagger depicted in the glamour shot, Smith jumps up and shakes the weapon from her hand. The action is post-scripted with footage of a steam shovel patrolling the rubble where the Broadway Central hotel once stood." -- J. Hoberman

8:30pm

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Sunday, August 1th, Free

VOLUNTEERS' COLLECTIVE: NEW WORKSHOP SERIES AT RED ROOM: 6-8PM, 1ST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH

After much preparation, The Red Room and High Zero Foundation are excitedly relaunching their monthly workshop for freely improvised experimental music (previously "The Crap Shoot") at a new time, with a new name, and a new attitude. Now called VOLUNTEERS' COLLECTIVE, it will be running the first Sunday of each month, at 6PM at The Red Room (Normals Books and Records). Although the Crap Shoot workshop (which had approximately 140 sessions since it began in 1996) had been an integral part of the growth of the experimental improvised music scene in Baltimore, for some time we have been feeling it needed revitalization on a deep level. Essentially, we want this event to be a more powerful tool for the community of improvisers in Baltimore to hone their art, network and form collaborations, and stretch themselves musically in unfamiliar and inspiring situations. This means a new approach, and frankly, a more critical attitude. First, the new VOLUNTEERS' COLLECTIVE workshop will be structured featuring well-known local improvisers who will attend sessions to provide a backbone of seasoned players to "seed" each workshop. This will create a more attractive and stimulating workshop situation for newcomers and seasoned players alike. Second, the workshop will also involve more critical cross-discussion about the music actually played. Conversation, debate, and reflection are vital components on the way to honing skills in improvisation and the VOLUNTEERS' COLLECTIVE will provide that forum. Third, the workshop will be open to anyone of any level of skill with a strong interest in getting into improvisation and experimentation in an open-ended but thoughtful and disciplined way. This is about reaching beyond and using improvisation collaboratively to guide us into new areas of music and thinking. We are particularly interested in players who want to develop new, unique, but flexible approaches to playing. There is a catch. In this new approach, we are asking that only those players who have a strong intention to develop their music and their free improvisation skills attend the workshop. We would like to focus on active musicians who are interested in pushing their playing to a higher level in a specifically experimental, non-idiomatic direction. Although the workshop will be open to all, we will request that ongoing participation be paralleled by a serious interest in one's own artistic development. We hope that folks will respect this, and that, as a result of these changes, the overall experience will be substantially more stimulating and thought-provoking than ever. And, of course, if these changes don't suit some players, we encourage them to create their own collective contexts for improvised music that are more aligned with their interests. The first VOLUNTEERS' COLLECTIVE will be Sunday, August 1st 6-8PM


Thursday, August 5th, $5

A Month of Surround Sound

Each Thursday during the month of August, various artists will present surround sound works in the newly renovated Red Room. Please, check back for more details.


Thursday, August 12th, $5

A Month of Surround Sound

Each Thursday during the month of August, various artists will present surround sound works in the newly renovated Red Room. Please, check back for more details.


Thursday, August 19th, $5

A Month of Surround Sound

Each Thursday during the month of August, various artists will present surround sound works in the newly renovated Red Room. Please, check back for more details.


Thursday, August 26th, $5

A Month of Surround Sound

Each Thursday during the month of August, various artists will present surround sound works in the newly renovated Red Room. Please, check back for more details.


Thursday, September 23rd, $12

High Zero 2010

September 23rd - 26th, save the dates.

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Friday, September 24th, $12

High Zero 2010

September 23rd - 26th, save the dates.

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Saturday, September 25th, $12

High Zero 2010

September 23rd - 26th, save the dates.

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Sunday, September 26th, $12

High Zero 2010

September 23rd - 26th, save the dates.

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The Red Room
at Normals Books and Records
425 E. 31st Street Baltimore
Doors open at 8:30

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