RESIDENCY
dir. Winnie Cheung, 2023
75 min. United States.
In English.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 – 5 PM followed by Q+A with filmmaker Winnie Cheung

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Spectacle is thrilled to host a one-night-only pre-Halloween screening of New York City filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist Winnie Cheung’s RESIDENCY.

RESIDENCY was filmed during an interdisciplinary artist residency hosted by The Locker Room, a Brooklyn based underground art space.

Director/writer/cinematographer/editor Winnie Cheung taps into the ethos of DIY cinema, leveraging the gallery as the set and her cohort of artists as performers.

RESIDENCY boldly redefines the legacy of Kenneth Anger, the Cinema of Transgression and No Wave Cinema. The film is a love letter that taps into the frenzied emotional psychogeography of New York City where the narrative structure is deliberately fragmented, creating an immersive experience that mirrors the unattainable nature of memory. In Cheung’s own words: “What if Warhol made a horror film about life at The Factory?”

“(RESIDENCY) resurrects the collective spirit that once defined New York City’s artistic ecosystem, yet the zombified venture spirals into derangement as the film shifts into the mode of funhouse horror.” – Artforum

“RESIDENCY is part of the North American new wave of indie micro-budget genre features.” – Variety

“A concise and concentrated evil diamond of a feature debut.” – Filmmaker Rebecca Falvey