A.P.E Benefit Party at Bar Laika, with films by Keren Cytter

Join us at Bar Laika on Thursday, January 10 at 7pm for a special benefit party in support of A.P.E. The evening will feature screenings of Keren Cytter’s Object (2016, 27 minutes) and Terrorist of Love (2016, 3minutes); followed by DJ Adrian Rew and DJs Sanna and Mamdos.

About A.P.E
A.P.E (Art Projects Era) wants to challenge the limitations of given structures. The aim of the organization is to develop projects (performances, exhibitions, printed matter, meetings, festivals, films and videos) that cannot necessarily be realized within traditional institutional formats or frameworks.

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Sam Anderson, Trisha Baga, Nora Schultz, and Marianna Simnett donated artworks for this occasion that can be purchased online. For images and information please see our Instagram or email info [​at​] apenyc.us.

Some of A.P.E’s publications will be on display at the event. 

Come as you are if you can.
Will love to see you here/there. 
No need to be friends. 
We are friends. 
Come.

Sponsored by Material Vodka. 

Suggested admission $10.

Dress Code: clothes.

Keren Cytter, Object, 2016, 27 mniutes
“The video uses language (Russian) as a political tool to meditate on the clichés of heteronormative sexual relationships. What initially appears as flippantly pornographic, is in fact a tightly constructed series of nine locked-down shots, separated into three acts. Object tells the stories of three men and one women, who each represent the power structures of the patriarchal world, and the common abuses its systems enable. Object will provide viewers relief from contemplating their own mortality, but still allow them to lose time, as they realize that the penises on the screen are hiding difficult truths in plain sight.”—Kathy Noble

Keren Cytter, Terrorist of Love, 2016, 3 minutes
“Tapping into a viral strain of humor found on Tumblr and GIF-sharing sites, the video is as chuckle-worthy as it is contemplative. Using a fixed 4K camera, Cytter shot the video in one take, before devising an unconventional music video format in post-production using key framing, meme-like imagery, and an original soundtrack—an unprecedented approach to video-making in any genre.”—Commissioned by Daata Editions and Artspace.

Keren Cytter (b. 1977, Tel Aviv) creates films, video installations, and drawings that represent social realities through experimental modes of storytelling. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; Tate Modern Oil Tanks, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; X Initiative, New York; CCA Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu; and forthcoming at Museion Bolzano, Bozen and at CCA, Tel Aviv.

For more information, contact laika [​at​] e-flux.com.