P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
22-25 Jackson Ave
718.784.2084
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Kenneth Anger, Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
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Feb 22, 2009 – Sep 14, 2009
Mondays (noon–6pm)
Thursdays–Sundays (noon–6pm)
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$5 suggested donation
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Kenneth Anger's supernaturally influential, six-decade-long career is not without its sighing what-ifs: several adaptations never went past maybe steps; famed shorts like Puce Moment and Kustom Kar Kommandos are spectacular, but are still unfulfilled features; and Lucifer Rising isn't even Anger's original cut (Manson associate Bobby Beausoleil took that version when he left the project). But, in these times of lack, let's cheer what we have: Anger's rapturous, near-wordless fantasias — dense with occult and pop-culture iconography, ritualistic splendor, and jarring superimpositions — are landmarks in avant-garde cinema. P.S.1's long-awaited survey spotlights these early transpersonal and priapic compositions, like Fireworks and Scorpio Rising, and conjures the auteur's outré aesthetic to transform the second floor into a veritable red-and-silver "pleasure dome."
