LEGENDARY ACTRESS KAREN BLACK - R.I.P

LEGENDARY ACTRESS KAREN BLACK WHO GAVE ME THE CHILLS BACK IN THE SEVENTIES WITH HER EXPRESSIONISTIC, DEVILISH GRINS IN SUCH FILMS " BURNT OFFERINGS" (A film that gave me the creeps), AND THE CLASSIC TV HORROR ANTHOLOGY "TRILOGY OF TERROR", WHERE A ZUNI DOLL (Before Chucky) CHASED HER ALL AROUND HER APARTMENT WITH FANGS OF STEEL AND A DEADLY SPEAR, PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK.  I TRULY LOVED HER DOZENS OF WORKS FROM HORROR TO DRAMA - MAY SHE REST IN PEACE.  

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HORROR FILM SHORTS EVENING

A Horror & Fantasy Show: Film Shorts Screening

Longwood Arts Project, the visual arts program of the Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA), presents A Horror & Fantasy Show Film Shorts Screening on Saturday, March 16 at 6:00pm at BCA’s future headquarters at 2700 East Tremont Avenue (corner of St. Raymond Avenue) in the Westchester Square section of the Bronx.

Join us on March 16th. Meet our guest curator, meet the filmmakers, and enjoy the films! The screening is presented in conjunction with the horror and fantasy exhibitions In the Realm of Dreams & Fears and Antonio Vicenty, on view through May 1st at Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos. This event is free, open to the public, and all are welcome, but seating is limited! RSVP at: http://03162013horrorfantasy.eventbrite.com. Information: 718-518-6728.

Organized by Antonio Vicenty, this provocative and haunting selection of seven horror film shorts presents works by six filmmakers: Mac Eldridge: Chemical 12-D (2010, 7 minutes) and Blood on the Plain (2011, 12 minutes); Jeremy Kipp: Contact (2009, 10 minutes); Mike Kochansky: Mr. Tricker’s Or Treat (2011, 5 Minutes); Carmen Martinez: DYSO (2012, 5 minutes); Douglas A. Plomitallo: Closet Monster (2011, 5 minutes); John Zhao: DOTS (2012, 20 minutes). The shorts, inspired in the horror and suspense genre, explore apocalyptic worlds, epidemics, fears, guilt, phobias and torture.

About the Curator: Antonio Vicenty is a Bronx filmmaker and photographer whose major influences were Italian and US horror films from the 1970s and 1980s. Films by such genre notables as Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Lucio Fulci, David Lynch, and George A. Romero inspired Vicenty’s work that use images of graveyards, children in Halloween masks and old dolls to explore personal narratives, sexuality, and gender identity. He was the recipient of BCA’s prestigious BRIO award in 2006. His documentary and narrative films have been included in festivals and exhibitions throughout the United States and London. Vicenty currently lives and works in the Bronx.

See the films, then see the exhibition at the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos (450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street / 718-518-6728)  In the Realm of Dreams & Fears (Main Gallery): This group exhibition, marking Vicenty’s first time in a curatorial role, was inspired by his interest in horror/fantasy films, presents recent phantasmagorical works in drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture and video by visiting artists from Brazil, Canada, UK and the US. Antonio Vicenty (Project Room): Organized by Longwood Arts Project, this is Vicenty’s first solo exhibition of experimental film and photography, inspired by his early childhood in Puerto Rico where he visited funeral homes and walked cemeteries with his family to bury their loved ones. Using props, images, visual effects and photography from his infatuation with horror films, his work is eerie, mysterious and scary, with elements of horror, fantasy, everyday fears and the inevitable fact of death through artificial, surreal and dreamlike means.

Established in 1981, the Longwood Arts Project is the Bronx Council on the Arts’ contemporary art center supporting artists and their work, especially emerging and under-represented artists through exhibitions and public programming. Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, one of New York City’s oldest and longest running alternative spaces, presents solo and group art exhibitions in various media, and interdisciplinary projects that connect artists, communities, and ideas within and beyond the Bronx.

Event Location: 

BCA @ 2700 East Tremont Avenue

2700 East Tremont

Bronx, NY

United States

"IN THE REALM OF DREAMS AND FEARS" UPCOMING HORROR AND FANTASY SHOW

I have been out of the EYEPUS blog loop for quite sometime due to an upcoming Horror and fantasy show I'm curating here in my borough. Not only I'm curating my first show, but also I will be having my first solo show exhibition of all my film and photo works.

IN THE REALM OF DREAMS AND FEARS is the name of the show and below is all the press release and invite. It will be the first Horror and Fantasy show in the Bronx. I gather the best artists that I fell in love with their works for the past few years.  Some of the artists were part of this blog through past interviews here at EYEPUS.  Their works will be on view from Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 5pm - 9pm (OPEN RECEPTION) till MAY 1, 2013 - So anyone who will be in NYC come out and support the show. Feel free to push this press release and horror invite to everyone and anyone to promote the show. I truly would appreciate it.  Or email me at eyepus@gmail.com and I will send you a press release and invite via email.

IN THE REALM OF DREAMS AND FEARS

Bronx Council on the Arts / Longwood Arts Project

presents

IN THE REALM OF DREAMS & FEARS

(MAIN GALLERY)

Antonio Vicenty, Guest Curator

An exhibition exploring the fantastical and horrific in everyday life.

ON VIEW

FEBRUARY 6, 2013 - MAY 1, 2013

OPENING RECEPTION FEBRUARY 6, 2013 

5PM - 9PM
LONGWOOD ART GALLERY
450 GRAND CONCOURSE (149 STREET)
BRONX, NY 10451

FREE

ARTISTS

PIERRE AYOTTE, PATRICIA AYRES, MICHAEL PAUL BRITTO, FERNANDO CARPANEDA, KARI CHRISTENSEN, SHAWN CONN, STEVE DURHAM, ELISABETH FARAONE, JULIO GARAY, ALBA GARCIA, MIKE HRUBOVCAK, JAYSON KEELING, STEVE LEWIS, CLAIRE MARTIAL, IVAN MONFORTE, OWEN MULLIGAN, LUCRECIA NOVOA, PETER PIER, MATT PINYAN, RADICAL SEM DO, JOHNNY RAMOS, VERTEBRAE33, and JOHN ZHAO.

PROJECT ROOM: ANTONIO VICENTY

Curated by Longwood Arts Project, this exhibition is Vicenty’s first solo exhibition of his recent experimental film and photography. Inspired by his early childhood in Puerto Rico where he visited funeral homes and walked cemeteries with his family to bury their loved ones, he uses the props, images, visual effects and photography from his infatuation with horror films resulting in experimental photography and films that are eerie, mysterious and scary, with elements of horror, fantasy, everyday fears and the inevitable fact of death through artificial, surreal and dreamlike means.

About the Curator

Antonio Vicenty is a Bronx filmmaker and photographer whose major influences were Italian and US horror films from the 1970s and 1980s. Films by such genre notables as Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Lucio Fulci, David Lynch, and George A. Romero inspired Vicenty’s work that use images of graveyards, children in Halloween masks, and old dolls to explore personal narratives, sexuality, and gender identity. He was the recipient of BCA’s prestigious BRIO award in 2006. His documentary and narrative films have been included in festivals and exhibitions throughout the United States and London. Vicenty currently lives and works in the Bronx.