"... metaphysical anxiety descends upon the picture through the folds in the curtain."

- Andre Breton, Mad Love.

Peeling the silver from the back of a mirror, we discover a portait in glass of our memory-cinema. In other words, we reveal its truth as that of the wonder-block; that is, found in the traces of what was once reflected. Cultural ephemera, oneiric eroticism, subterranean science, phantoms sadistic and seductive, perfumed performances and the dark face of obsession flash on the shadowed surface of this glass.

After a haunted interlude, we unveil the omnibus project - I, of K (Imitation, of Kiss), a contemporary incarnation of Andy Warhol's Kiss, directed recently by a dozen NYC-based filmmakers, in collaboration with Ocularis.

The program includes glass slides, multiple projections and found films. The artists represented include Kerry Laitala, Bradley Eros, Jeanne Liotta, Zoe Beloff, Lee Ellickson, Brian Frye, Stuart Sherman, Eugene Castle, Luis Recoder, Aaron Scott, Henry Hills and anonymous.

    rbmc is a laboratory for the auto-didact, a model Temporary Autonomous Zone for cine-mavericks and -metaphysicians, a self-described "pinprick in the condom of culture." We show films at night.


Les Chinoises (1930s?) by anonymous; 4x5 slides, tinted b/w.

The Escapades of Madame X (2000) by Kerry Laitala; 16mm, b/w, sound, 10m.

Dervish Machine (1992) by Bradley Eros and Jeanne Liotta; 16mm, b/w and color, sound, 10m.

Bellevue Slides (1940s?) by anonymous; 4x5 slides, b/w

Reconstruction of a Face (1918?) by the Red Cross; 16mm, b/w, silent, 5m. Contributed by Zoe Beloff.

Anxious Creature (1974) by Bradley Eros; Super-8mm, color, sound, 5m.

Robert Beck is Alive & Well and Living in NYC (2001) by Lee Ellickson and Brian Frye; 16mm, b/w, sound on tape, 3m. Featuring Stuart Sherman.

Santa Claus Punch & Judy (1950s?) by Eugene Castle; 16mm, b/w, sound, 10m.

X times X (1998) by Bradley Eros; 8mm and 16mm film performance, tinted b/w, sound,4m.

Bare Strip (1999) by Luis Recoder; 16mm, b/w, sound at 16 fps, 10m.

Oona's Veil (2000) by Brian Frye; 16mm, b/w, sound, 8m.

Acedia (?) by Aaron Scott; 16mm, b/w sound, 5 m.?

George (1976-88) by Henry Hills; 16mm, color, silent, 2m.

double pink (2001) by Bradley Eros; 8mm and 16mm performance,tinted b/w, sound on tape, 3.5m.

Interlude

Empire Loop (2001) by Jeanne Liotta; 16mm, color, silent, variable duration.

I, of K (Imitation, of Kiss) (2001) by Ocularis; 16mm, b/w, silent at 16 fps, 52m. Orpheus McCarthy in collaboration with Ouija Trovillion, Mary Magdalene Moffa, Hector Becker, Morris Mangan, Peirre Ganzel, Ultra Artois, Bobby Sweet Kitty, Siegried Parkman, Margrette Norris, Hazel Strauss, and Sin Volsci.