New Jersey Film Festival: IT’S A to Z: The ART OF ARLEEN SCHLOSS & Demi-Demons

Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 7:00pm

NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

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IT’S A to Z: The ART OF ARLEEN SCHLOSS & Demi-Demons – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM! 2 films in the package.

IT’S A to Z: The ART OF ARLEEN SCHLOSS – Stuart Ginsberg (Bloomfield, New Jersey)

IT’S A to Z: The ART OF ARLEEN SCHLOSS is a feature-length documentary about Arleen Schloss, an underground artist, director, and curator who became an influential figure in the downtown New York art scene from the 1970s through the 1990s. Through exclusive never-before-seen archival footage shot by Schloss herself and mixed with commentary from people from the scene, we trace Schloss’s story and see, from her point of view, we see the texture of New York City's downtown art scene from the 1970s through the 1990s. 2024; 62 min.

Demi-Demons – Martin Gerigk (Krefeld, Germany)

Demi-Demons is an essay film about the contradictions of contemporary existence, which separate us from our natural instincts, opening abysses within us. The glorification of the hermaphrodite, the hedonism of virtual realities, the search for new levels of physical attraction and forms of higher consciousness, ambivalence towards sexual reproduction, these abysses embody the existential struggles inherent in navigating the terrain between instinct and enlightenment in a rapidly evolving world. Demi-Demons is made and animated from vintage photos and collages, creating a surreal and thought-provoking atmosphere. 2024 17 min.