Two interesting new events in the Los Angeles area:
"Ecstasy Onscreen: MDMA Use in Movies"
Film Festival/Discussion panel
the Westin Long Beach
333 E. Ocean Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90802
(Barcelona/Casablanca room)
Thursday, November 10th at 9pm
only $5 to attend!
This is part of the larger International Drug Policy Reform Conference. They will be showing clips from popular movies (including Go, Human Traffic, Garden State and others) all the way down to independently shot documentaries in clubs and unreleased indie films. A couple of the filmmakers will be there to speak, as well as the head of LA's Dance Safe chapter and a local club promoter that you just may be familiar with.
Also, at 8:30 they are screening a documentary called The Last Two Seconds about Dr. Alexander Shulgin and his wife Ann.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS @ MOCA (www.moca.org (http://www.moca.org))
ECSTASY
IN AND ABOUT ALTERED STATES
10.09.05 - 02.20.06
An international survey of work by approximately 30 artists exploring altered states and alternative modes of perception, Ecstasy features painting, sculpture, video, film, installation, photography, and new media by some of today's leading artists as well as the most promising work by the up-and-coming generation. Ecstasy presents recent and specially commissioned works that challenge notions of interactivity while generating a heightened aural and visual experience for the individual. Featured artists include Franz Ackermann, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Francis Al�s, Chiho Aoshima, assume vivid astro focus, Massimo Bartolini, Tatsurou Bashi, Glenn Brown, Janet Cardiff and Georges Bures Miller, Olafur Eliasson, Lara Favaretto, Sylvie Fleury, Tom Friedman, Rodney Graham, Jeppe Hein, Carsten H�ller, Pierre Huyghe, Ann Veronica Janssens, Ann Lislegaard, Matt Mullican, Takashi Murakami, Paul Noble, Roxy Paine, Charles Ray, Erwin Redl, Pipilotti Rist, Paul Sietsema, Fred Tomaselli, and Klaus Weber. The exhibition is organized by Chief Curator Paul Schimmel with Gloria Sutton and is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.
Ecstasy: In and About Altered States is made possible by the generous support of Lillian and Jon Lovelace; Gallery C; Audrey M. Irmas; Jennifer and Manfred Simchowitz; Catharine and Jeffrey Soros; Altria Group, Inc.; Gilbert B. Friesen; Peter Morton; Brenda R. Potter and Michael C. Sandler; Beth Swofford; David Teiger; The MOCA Contemporaries; The Danish Arts Agency, The Visual Arts Centre; Mandy and Clifford J. Einstein; The Japan Foundation; and Cultural Services of the French Consulate, Los Angeles.
In-kind support is provided by Yellow Book USA, and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles.
89.9 KCRW is the Official Media Sponsor of MOCA.
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-DaCaul
So caufield, how do you figure this film festival is going to present MDMA? In a possitive manner? Or more of a full spectrum take on things. i.e. including the negative side.
I personally can't stand exstacy. I mean sure, the first time or four are amazing, but at a price. Last time I tried it (several years ago) it stuck me in a fit of depression for close to six months. Just sucked the chemicals right out of my head. Was a heavy price, I'll never touch it again.