BROADSIDE: THE LOS ANGELES INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART PRESENTS A LOS ANGELES PREMIER: STILL MOVING / PATTI SMITH
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, [1979]. First Edition. Item #8623
Original broadside, with text and still photographic image of Patti Smith offset printed in red on white stock, measuring 21.5cm x 35.5cm (8.5" x 14"). Mild handling, with a single half-inch closed tear to upper edge; Near Fine.
Attractive broadside for the Los Angeles premiere of Still Moving, a 13-minute 16mm short film by Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith. "...Still Moving had its premiere at their show held at Robert Miller Gallery, New York in 1978. Mapplethorpe wanted to capture on film the essence of Smith's presence and her poetry and literature. During the film Patti Smith recites excerpts from several of her poems, among them "Babelfield," "Combe, and "Pinwheels," as well as improvising dialogues. Later, Patti Smith explained that the film was total improvisation, citing the basic theme as the struggle between heaven and earth, good and evil" (The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation). The broadside additionally advertises the L.A. premiere of three other films: Robert Having His Nipple Pierced (a film by Sandy Daley, with Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith), I Want to Go Over the Berlin Wall (a political film by Babeth, with music by Brian Eno, David Bowie, and the Sex Pistols), and Premium, a film by Ed Ruscha. Uncommon; not separately listed in OCLC. 8623.
Price: $750.00