Denver Month of Video Closing Party
Join us at RedLine Contemporary Art Center to celebrate the closing of Denver Month of Video!
Enjoy two film screenings, drinks, and a closing party!
WHEN
Saturday, July 29, 7:30-10pm. Doors at 7:30, film screenings start at 8. Closing party to follow
WHERE
RedLine Contemporary Art Center - 2350 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO, 80205
WHAT
Join us in celebrating the end of Denver’s first ever Month of Video (.MOV) with a night of film screenings, drinks, and fun!
Plus enjoy the current .MOV exhibition on display at RedLine through August 27: New Red Order: Crimes Against Reality.
7:30pm - Doors
8:00-8:45pm - Film screenings:
THE VIOLENCE OF A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT SECRETS | 2017 | 7 min | Co-directed by Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil and Jackson Polys]
Synopsis: Filmmakers Adam and Zack Khalil, in collaboration with artist Jackson Polys, investigate the recent court case that decided the fate of the remains of a prehistoric Paleoamerican man found in Kennewick, Washington State in 1996. The video is an urgent reflection on indigenous sovereignty, the undead violence of museum archives, and post-mortem justice.
Nosferasta | 2021 - ongoing | 32 min | Co-directed by Adam Khalil, Bayley Sweitzer, Oba
SYNOPSIS: Spanning 500 years of colonial destruction, Nosferasta tells the story of Oba, a Rastafarian vampire, and Christopher Columbus, Oba’s original biter, as they spread the colonial infection throughout the “new world.” Formally a vampire film and series of installations, the stylistically impressionistic Nosferasta examines the guilt of being complicit in imperial conquest, while also acknowledging the difficulty of unlearning centuries of vampiric conditioning. At its core Nosferasta asks, how can you decolonize what’s in your blood?
8:50-10pm: Closing party
New Red Order: Crimes Against Reality
Video exhibition by New Red Order. Curated by Jenna Maurice & Adán De La Garza.
On display at RedLine Contemporary Art Center July 1-August 27, 2023
Part of Denver’s Month of Video and our Roots Radical Exhibition Program.
New Red Order: Crimes Against Reality examines the contradictions inherent in a society built on both the longing for indigeneity and the violent erasure of Indigenous peoples, lands, and ways of life. NRO provocatively questions how these desires can be channeled into something productive, sustainable, and transformative.
