Name: I Belonged to the Blank Generation: Philly's Punk/New Wave Scene on Screen
Start: 2025-04-25T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-25T21:30:00-04:00
Location: 800 Mifflin St, Philadelphia, PA 19148-16ND, United States

$I Belonged to the Blank Generation: Philly's Punk\/New Wave Scene on Screen$

Lightbox Film Center and Secret Cinema’s Jay Schwartz have teamed up to present a unique program of video created during the first years of Philadelphia's punk/new wave music scene. The centerpiece of the program is a previously unseen 25-minute documentary shot at Philly's Artemis nightclub, featuring very early footage of L.A. band X, storied WXPN DJ Lee Paris, and club owner David Carroll. Also shown will be Super 8 footage of the Cramps at the Hot Club, rock videos and TV appearances from early local bands, and more. The videos shown will span the years 1977 through 1980 -- the period when Philadelphia's legendary venue the Hot Club was the nexus of the local punk and new wave scene.
Following the screening, there will be a discussion and Q & A session with some early participants from this exciting time, including scenesters and musicians seen in the footage.
Presented in conjunction with the photography exhibition I BELONGED TO THE BLANK GENERATION: PUNK/NEW WAVE IN PHILADELPHIA which features black & white photos made by Jay Schwartz during the same era that the video program covers, of such legendary bands and performers as the Dead Boys, the Jam, Devo, Patti Smith, XTC, Richard Hell, the Ramones and many more. Schwartz's images have appeared in New York Rocker, Trouser Press, and several local and regional publications, but the pictures that will be shown have been largely unknown and unseen. The exhibition will be on display at The SPACE Art Gallery from April 1 through May 31. There will be an opening reception on Friday, April 4.