A series of films by Hollywood, California-based artist, writer, musician and filmmaker GX Jupitter-Larsen. Best known for over 30 years as a founder of the prolific and confrontational noise band The Haters, Jupitter-Larsen has since built a body of work across many disciplines—including mail art, novel writing and radio experimentation—founded on an aesthetic of abrasion and agitation as well as the development of a new, non-linear standard of measurement. After producing a body of shorts throughout the 90s and 00s, Jupitter-Larsen moved into feature filmmaking in 2013 with “A Noisy Delivery” and in 2017 with “Omniwave Refresher,” both included in this program.
A NOISY DELIVERY
Dir. GX Jupitter-Larsen, 2013.
USA, 61 min.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 – 10 PM
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 – 10 PM
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 – 10 PM
When people go to the post office for a little philosophy, instead of postage. The soundtrack is a composition of broken toy pianos and amplified erosion. As the ideas in the movie get more difficult, the soundtrack gets denser.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 – 7:30 PM
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 – 10 PM
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 – 5 PM
FREQUENCY
Dir. GX Jupitter-Larsen & Mitchell Goodman, 1992.
USA, 14 min.
Two skiers stop to build an empty hole in the snow and to count the dirt within. The soundtrack is made from clici-clicing.
HOLES ON THE NECK
Dir. GX Jupitter-Larsen, 1994.
USA, 15 min.
The vampire-movie motif is incorporated to deal with the issue of entropy as fetish. The narrative is of a group of lesbian vampires who work and play on their garlic farm. Their human lovers desire to become vampires themselves, and so lure these garlic farmers into initiating them into the fold. The soundtrack is made from clici-clicing.
FACTS ON THE POLYWAVE
Dir. GX Jupitter-Larsen & Mitchell Goodman, 1992.
USA, 24 min.
Nomadic bikers debate thought probabilities.
OMNIWAVE REFRESHER
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 – 10 PM
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 – 10 PM
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 – 7:30 PM
Omniwave Refresher is in three acts. The first is done as a kind of documentary. The second act is a puppet show, and the third act is a live action reenactment of the puppet show. Omniwave Refresher is about a scientist who, after a failed experiment of some incomprehensible nature, heads off on a journey to find her meaning of life.