Close-Up pays tribute to Kenneth Anger with a screening of the Magick Lantern Cycle. Cinematic magician, legendary provocateur, author of the infamous Hollywood Babylon book, Kenneth Anger was a unique figure in post-war American culture. His iconic short films are characterised by a mystical-symbolic visual language and phantasmagorical-sensual opulence that underscores the medium’s transgressive potential. Anger’s work fundamentally shaped the aesthetics of 1960s and 1970s subcultures, the visual lexicon of pop and music videos and queer iconography. These nine films form the basis of Anger’s reputation as one of the most influential pioneers of avant-garde film and video art.

Fireworks, 1947, 14 minPuce Moment, 1949, 6 minRabbit's Moon, 1950/1971, 16 minEaux d'Artifice, 1953, 13 minInauguration of the Pleasure Dome, 1954, 37 minScorpio Rising, 1964, 28 minKustom Kar Kommandos, 1965, 3 minInvocation of My Demon Brother, 1969, 11 minLucifer Rising, 1981, 27 min

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