Movie Oct. 9: “The Art of Dying: Palliative art making in the Age of Anxiety”
Posted by Judy Lane
Posted on October 5, 2020
Death Positive Movie Series, 2nd Friday of each month 6:30 pm.
OCTOBER 9: The Art of Dying or (Palliative Art Making in the Age of Anxiety)
Live from the Whitney: Inspired by Rainer Marie Rilke’s book “Letters to a Young Poet,” 79 year-old lesbian artist Barbara Hammer ruminates on the experiences of living with advanced cancer while making art. In this performative lecture delivered at the Whitney on October 10, 2018, Hammer shares guidelines and film clips from her long-term art-making practice. (FILM CLIPS INSIDE OF THIS PRESENTATION CONTAIN NUDITY.) Find the link to the movie here.
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I tried every way I know to join for the movie/video. Zoom for Services, comment boards,
Very disappointed. Would love to have seen it. Please let me know where I could have found this event.
Thank You
I’m not sure what happened that you couldn’t access the movie last night, but you can see it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMeoAx9dZkI