#avant-garde

#avant-garde

Nova '78 centers around the Nova Convention, a late '70s avant-garde extravaganza that took place at NYC's now defunct Entermedia Theater (Second Avenue and 12th Street) in honor of William S. Burroughs's return to the U.S. after living more than 20 years abroad. It was also a great excuse to gather a who's who roster of counterculture icons to perform in the presence of the postmodern wordsmith who'd profoundly impacted them all.

"I was interested in observing life as it is and how that was special. Someone baking bread or making a salad or simply sipping tea is what I found interesting."

Marcel Duchamp's goal was to 'put art back in the service of the mind,' creating a synergy between language, thought, and vision. His film Anémic Cinéma exemplifies this aim through nine optical illusions and complex wordplay.

No Wave, circa 2025, is multiple things: genre, sound, aesthetic, buzzword for when a musician lives in New York and makes loud music.

"The Clan's Heir is a Transwoman (2013) plays like a lo-fi passion project, but it's also a surprising, queer-centered take on the yakuza genre."

Tune-Yards' music defies conventional structure while remaining infectious and danceable, resulting in a raw vitality that captures audiences' attention.

E.A.T. emerged as a radical platform that reimagined the possibilities of creative practice through direct collaboration between artists and technologists.