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A SONIC WAVE WEEKLY and CLOSE UP screeningPost-screening discussion with film director Ryan Worsley and Negativland’s Mark Hosler, Jon Leidecker and The Weatherman, via Skype.
Since childhood, David “The Weatherman” Wills has recorded and reported on anything that grabs his attention. When he and friends Richard Lyons and Mark Hosler formed Negativland, it soon became a collage of sounds and visuals, both ordinary and extraordinary. The group’s work is so expansive and unique that it cannot help but push boundaries of sound, media, propaganda, and perception. (Ryan Worsley, US, 2022, 96m)
Trailer: tinyurl.com/standbyforfailure
“If you want to be inspired by individuals who dare to bust down the doors of art’s gatekeepers, then STAND BY FOR FAILURE is the way to go.”
— FILM THREAT
“Few artists have logged as many hours on the battlefield of fair use, let alone questioned as persistently the associated legal constraints around intellectual property, as Negativland, whose sonic, visual and performance appropriations and parodies have challenged eyeballs, eardrums and moral standards alike since the late 1970s.”
— THE WIRE
“40+ years of Negativland metamedia, recontextualized into popular feature length documentary entertainment format by Ryan Worsley. You’ve seen and heard it all! But you’ve never seen and heard it like this! ”
— BOING BOING
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Orpheum Theatre - Upstate Films, Orpheum Theatre, 198 Main St, Saugerties, NY 12477, United States,Saugerties, New York
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