Glenn Sonnie Wooden is one of the most provocative radical thinkers and artists in the Chicago art scene. His works Guillotine and Godspeed, both previously curated by Fugue State founder, M. Woods, directly confront a real more real than real, operating within the slippage of a media's capturing of Blackness, as critic and practitioner of the convex mirror of digital communication. Wooden presents raw hyperreality, sometimes through the most vulnerable self-reflection and exposure, documenting abjectness and trying to hold space for tenderness, while appearing and disappearing into the media himself as guide and interlocutor of this beloved hellscape. Wooden's latest film, THUNDER, and the accompanying short film program, center "the relationships we have with our lovers, parents, places, and any sort of connection that we find endearing and enduring."
In addition to Wooden's THUNDER, filmmakers Patricia Aquino, Grace K. Schuler, Jard Lere, and Anusha Alamgir will be screening short films hand-selected by Wooden.
OCTOBER 29th at
3429 W. Diversey #208
Chicago IL, 60647
Doors Open: 7:30PM | Show: 8-10PM
Presented by Elastic Arts Foundation and produced by M. Woods @numbspiral , multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and founder of Disassociative Productions ( www.thedigitalsickness.com ) Fugue State is constructed as a means to usurp the nepotism and cronyism in film distribution.
Full Program:
- Patricia Aquino - Red 2' - @filmedbyrici
- Grace K Schuler - Kin Keeping 7' - @gracekschuler
- Jard Lere - Lespri 5' - @jard_lere
- Anusha Alamgir - Bubur Basha 27' - @anushaalamgir
- Glenn Sonnie Wooden - THUNDER 42' - @sonniewoode