Horror Vacui
Though I'm not sure exactly what this is all about, there are a couple reasons why we're probably going to be going to this presentation from Semites magazine. First our boy Lawrence Rengert will be banging away on something hollow and really feeling it in a New Energy kind of way. Then they're showing an Osho film: dunno which one, but if it's the one where seedy-looking Tom Robbins gets all touchy feely with his female interviewer when describing Osho's allure, then you're probably not gonna want to miss it. And finally, you get to see Wallace Berman's 16mm film, Aleph (1965-66).
Here's how Semites editor Daniel Feinberg describes it. "Semites despises progress, shares your absurd superstition of the new, and shrieks in infidelity, like an emergency brake, at a utopia marked by an expiration date. On January 2 we ask you to join us and celebrate this gamble that is Semites for a screening of our new film Bet at The Mountain Bar in downtown Los Angeles. Bet, seen as a crypto, albeit nominal, sequel to Wallace Berman's Aleph, is a messianic dérive: immediately, yet lyrically against political Zionism, the 7 minute 04 second film claims no salvation without revolutionary transformation of material life. Veiled in tight black and smoking, Semites say with Hegel: seek for food and clothing first, than shall the Kingdom of God be granted to you. Refreshments will be provided."
"Other performances in this evening of horror vacui will be a screening of Paul Yoshida's Bulimic Cinema-—a short religious video on Osho, doo-woptical art, and betrayal. We also will be screening Wallace Berman's 16mm film Aleph. With occult performances by Larry Rengert of Black Mass of the New Energy, Bushwick's DJ Pause and others." 8 o' clock sharp.