Ballad of the Lost Photographer

I made a slide performance this weekend at saracrown’s exhibition and event in Chelsea. The slides are from a huge archive of work by, what I guess, is an entertainment photographer, working in NYC in the late 70s and early 80s. From Studio 54 to a hotel Star Trek convention; Chic, Parliament Funkadelic and Sister Sledge; Grace Jones performing with a tiger; rollerskating in the park; Liza Minelli’s wedding aftermath attended by Andy Warhol and Liz Taylor; a Shriner’s parade in Times Square, and Divine. The glory, glamour and excess of the late 70s in NYC is a bit melancholy-inducing to behold in these gentrified times.

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Karl Erickson, Tamar Ettun & The Moving Company (Tyler Patterson, Tina Wang, Lyndsey Eugene, Maia Karo, Adrian Galvin & Guest: Lisa Park), Kimberly Ruth, Rachel Stevens, Jody Wood and No Hope aka Hedonic Treadmill (Elisabeth Smolarz & Jan Wilker)

sarahcrown opens in Chelsea and presents an event of six-minute multi-media performances by Group 6.0 members exploring the temporal duality of eveything and nothing.

opening May 10, 2014
@SPAZIO 522
526 West 26th Street, Suite 522, Chelsea NY

OPENING RECEPTION
May 10, 5 – 7 pm
(performances start at 5:30pm)

BRUNCH
May 11, 12 – 6pm
(with special performance by Jody Wood at 2:30pm)

EXHIBITION
May 10 – June 1 (by appointment only)

The exhibition is part of West Chelsea Artists Open Studios.