Tonight Microscope presents a rare screening of Vivienne Dick’s 1980 film "Liberty’s Booty" in which the Irish born filmmaker and seminal figure in New York’s “No Wave” scene, takes an unabashed look at middle-class white prostitution through casual interviews in cinéma vérité with women talking about their life as call-girls.
“Dick’s most disturbing film, Liberty’s Booty purposefully blurs the distinction between spectacle and document, license and exploitation, prostitution and daily life. Although filled with digressions and apparent non-sequiturs, the crux of the film is its frank subversion of male-stereotyped sex roles.” – Jim Hoberman, 1982 more info: www.microscopegallery.com Vivienne Dick was born in Donegal, Ireland, in 1950 and between 1977 – 1982 she lived in New York, becoming one of the main figures of the ‘No Wave’ movement. Working mainly on Super 8, Dick’s films from this period feature many New York artists and musicians, with performances from Lydia Lunch, James Chance, Pat Place, Adele Bertei, and Ikue Mori, among others. Her films have been screened at film festivals and museums internationally, including Tate Britain, London, MoMA and the Whitney Museum in New York, IMMA in Dublin, and the Edinburgh and Berlin Film Festivals. Her work is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art and Anthology Film Archives, NYC, and the Irish Film Archives, among others. Dick lives in Galway, Ireland, where she teaches and continues to make films. Microscope Gallery 1329 Willoughby Ave, #2B <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/2b> Brooklyn, NY 11237 tel: 347.925.1433 [email protected] www.microscopegallery.com <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.microscopegallery.com%2F&h=nAQGkynZF&enc=AZOC44OQ8rJfudG9mYLiW18bY3w1QWncMRV2KpvtbNhhTzIiholX-JH_u2_K_nAnnCo&s=1> L Jefferson St. (exit Starr Street) left on Willoughby, enter mid-block
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