Monthly Archives: June 2009

LAST MAN OF IDAHO PRE-SCREENING/FUNDRAISER

“LAST MAN OF IDAHO” TO RECEIVE WORLD PREMIERE
The world premiere of “Last Man of Idaho,” a film by Ascot J. Smith, is at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 11, at Kurruption, 1717 W. Ninth St., Kansas City.
The event includes a silent auction of art from the film, merchandise from B-Bop Comics and a multitude of potato-themed [...]

FOREVER PEOPLE

Forever People (2008)

Two meandering office co-workers contemplate and fantasize about each other and their past lives in a post-apocalyptic future. In the end it is revealed the office co-workers are not humans but androids mimicking human ennui.
Originally conceived as a performance/installation, Forever People was exhibited with live actors. The actors stood perfectly still for over [...]

BLOODSPORT REMIX

BloodSport Remix (2007)
[A] comic, postmodernist commentary on Hollywood film images and violence in sports- Kansas City Star (March 1st, 2007)

A multi-channel installation, BloodSport Remix takes as its starting point the 1988 American martial arts classic, BloodSport, staring Jean-Cluade van Damme. By re-editing the film in non-linear, spatially oriented manner cuts through the nostalgic fog to [...]

TRIPLE THREAT

TRIPLE THREAT (2005)

Triple Threat, a split screen narrative, focuses on the broken relationship of an abusive schizophrenic couple as they find comfort in sex, apathy, and Batman.