FROM NO WAVE TO POST ROCK

 FREE CONCERT AND DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING

APRIL 2, 2013, 7:00pm

ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIORE D’ARCHITECTURE PARIS – VAL DE SEINE

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED at http://goo.gl/g1lyl

LYDIA LUNCH AND WEASEL WALTER (performing TEENAGE JESUS AND THE JERKS)

RHYS CHATHAM (performing “Guitar Trio” with NINA CANAL and DAVID GRUBBS)

UT (rare reunion show of legendary trio)

BLANK CITY (dir. Céline Dahnier, 94 min., 2010)

PARALLAX SOUNDS (dir. Augusto Contento, 95 min., 2012)

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Presented by the University of Chicago Center in Paris, Chicago France Center, and New York University.

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Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Val de Seine

3 / 15 quai Panhard et Levassor, 75013 Paris

Bibliothèque François Mitterrand (Ligne 14 / RER C / Tramway T3)

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BLANK CITY tells the long-overdue tale of a disparate crew of renegade filmmakers who emerged from an economically bankrupt and dangerous moment in New York history. From the late 1970’s through the mid 80’s, when the city was still a wasteland of cheap rent and cheap drugs, these directors crafted daring works that would go on to profoundly influence the development of independent film as we know it today.

Directed by French newcomer Céline Danhier, BLANK CITY weaves together an oral history of the “No Wave Cinema” and “Cinema of Transgression” movements through compelling interviews with the luminaries who began it all. Featured players include acclaimed directors Jim Jarmusch and John Waters, actor-writer-director Steve Buscemi, Blondie’s Debbie Harry, hip-hop legend Fab 5 Freddy, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, photographer Richard Kern as well as Amos Poe, James Nares, Eric Mitchell, Susan Seidelman, Beth B, Scott B, Charlie Ahearn and Nick Zedd. Fittingly, the soundtrack includes: Patti Smith, Television, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, The Contortions, The Bush Tetras, Sonic Youth and many more.

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Part evocative city symphony, part in-depth look at Chicago’s role in the movement of post-rock music of the 1990s, PARALLAX SOUNDS blends vibrant images of the city’s distinctive architecture and the urban landscape in motion with interviews with musicians including Steve Albini, Ken Vandermark, Ian Williams, Damon Locks, David Grubbs, and more. An original soundtrack by Vandermark features two new songs by Grubbs and musicians John Herndon, Wayne Montana, Jason Adasiewicz, Terrie Hessels, and Nate Wooley.