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😶‍🌫️ Reading at 8:30 PM this Friday w/ @marzipanworld mverbs @julia_yerger @pau_s_pescador @jzinonos @rzs.rzs.rzs co-hosted by @jacinto_astiazaran & @djpsychicdriving

„Pluto Is Raging” (27 min, 2025), directed by Margaret Haines (@greta__mar ), is screening for the first time at Human Resources (@humanresourcesla ) in Chinatown, Los Angeles on Friday, September 26. All are welcome. 🔗 in bio. https://withfriends.events/event/bbigvEH0/la-jumelle-de-jesus-on-air-purity-corruption-pollution-pluto-is-raging The narrative documentary follows the legacy of the „Gregarious Aquarius” Carroll Righter’s foundation and its community of students and teachers—photographer Cynthia MacAdams, Ilana Kozlov, Tashi Condelee, Dan K. and Cisco Huijbregts among them. The film explores the colorful history of Righter, who in the 1960s created astrological record albums with Oscar de la Renta designs and hosted elaborate themed parties—including bringing live lions for Leo celebrations. Known for advising celebrities like Marlene Dietrich and the Reagans, his classes continue today in the same location where they began in 1964, preserving this unique piece of astrological tradition through to his death in 1988 and beyond.

Next Friday September 26! @humanresourcesla 410 Cottage Home Street @aqnb ed. Steph Kretowicz is moderating a panel as part of an evening of two short film screenings by Margaret Haines @greta__mar , paired with readings from cast & friends. At 6pm, La Jumelle / On Air: Purity, Corruption & Pollution (20 min, 2024), a retelling/prophecy of the life of Jesus’ twin sister reincarnated in Paris in 2047, collaged through the life & death of Joan of Arc, and anecdotal scenes from poet, occultist and artist Marjorie Cameron’s experiences & hallucinations in Paris & Lugano in 1947 and 1949. Coupled with readings by Tanja Laden @trippybroad , Emily Anderson, Fiona Duncan @fifidunks and Aimee Goguen @aimee.goguen Starring Jette Hermanis @hexarlequinette Cinematography Marie Ward @mariewardacouri Music Sky H1 @sky_h1 At 8pm, Pluto Is Raging (27 min, 2025), a narrative documentary of the Carroll Righter Astrology Foundation Trust, with readings by Dakota Rosie (Cynthia MacAdams), stand up by Tashi Condelee, and a Q & A moderated by Steph Kretowicz @uncle_stephanie with cinematographer Ava Shorr, actors Ilana Kozlov, Monty Porter, Cynthia MacAdams, and members of West Hollywood’s Carroll Righter Astrology Foundation Trust. Starring Tashi Condelee ferreal Ilana Kozlov @ilanakozlovv Cynthia MacAdams @cynthiamacadams39 Monty Porter @hail_monty Cinematography Ava Shorr @ava.benjamins Creative Producer & Co-Writer @uncle_stephanie Sound Casey Minatrea #caseyminatrea Music Sky H1 & Patrick Quick @sky_h1 #patrickquick Refreshments for sale towards The Klemo Foundation, in collaboration with Alexandra Cassaniti. @summerbummer_ca Funded in part by the Mondriaan Fonds @mondriaanfonds the Canada Council for the Arts @canada.council and in kind services from Prim @primcentre Ticket link in bio 👅

³ʰᵈ ²⁰²⁴ 🌙 ᵀʰᵉ ˢʰᵃᵈᵒʷˢ ᵀʰᵃᵗ ᴸⁱⁿᵍᵉʳ anyone in berlin pls join tomorrow (sunday). AQNB’s Steph Kretowicz moderates a panel. 🔗 in bio info: /program/bend-sinister The full program for 3hdFestival’s closing discursive program “Bend Sinister” is at #silentgreens’s #Betonhalle on Sunday, November 3. The free event responds to the overall theme of this year’s #3hd 2024: “The Shadows That Linger”—which addresses the uncanny effects of a contemporary world defined by crisis, digital fragmentation, and dislocation—by examining the pasts, presents, and futures that affect us simultaneously. #SlavsandTatars will present their “Reverse Joy” lecture performance, exploring the near-cosmic significance of the Shi’a Islam mourning ritual of Muharram as a perpetual protest movement, and #ChalRavens’s “Marching Backwards Into the Future” talk looks for signs of the present and future in the current spate of revivalism in interdisciplinary art.  The two presenters will also each take part in a respective panel: “Wrong Turn: On the Political Present and the Shadows of the Past” with moderator #JeanneAngeWagne, and panelists #CihadCaner and #AnnaEhrenstein, and “Ritual Distortions: Navigating the Uncanny in Modern Mysticism,” moderated by #StephKretowicz, and featuring #NataliePaneng and #RaphaelLeray of interdisciplinary duo #MIRA新伝統—who also perform the “Underworld” event the night before.

GATEKEEPING WITHOUT A GATE 🗝️ How to run an independent online publication without being too much of a «gatekeeper»? Read a personal essay by the editor and co-founder of AQNB about its struggle to archive a depicted scene by entering a cycle of mutual influence rather than (mis-)using curatorial power to make top-down statements. ✺✳ ┅ Discover this essay online via latest posts in the linktree and order your book copy via Norient Books ┅ ✳✺ ℹ️Steph Kretowicz is a writer, editor, and journalist specializing in music, contemporary art, and online culture. 📚Politics of Curatorship: Collective and Affective Interventions
 💭How do we curate more diverse and increase equality in curatorship? Essays, academic texts, poems, photos, and comments by 32 writers, artists, journalists, and scholars worldwide. 💻 Editors: Philipp Rhensius @alienationist_ & Monia Acciari @memoonyho ✍Authors: 
AGF aka poemproducer, @lynhan_b , @lutlopl , Sandeep Bhagwati, @phila_bergmann , @thomasburkhalter , @viviancaccuri , @chicodub , Daniel «duex» Fontana, @ago.12.ago , @nataliegravenor , Nikhila H., @rim_irscheid , @maybedjraph , @aqnb , nghbrhd_chrctr, @larozza , Sulgi Lie, @imaadmajeed , Thea Reifler, @rebeccasalvadori , @suvanisuri , @gruusomeflower , @chaf12 , @lcia_65 , @viswanathgita , @soundwords_sv 🎨 Book design: @lauramascarenhas 💬 Copy Editors: @meredithslifkin , Tash Siddiqui, Angus Finlayson 🎨 snap design by @srg.slzr 
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Introducing Ultra Instinct (@ultrainstinctinfinite ) with their cover of Marcy Playground’s “Opium.” 🔗 in bio. A collaboration between Steph Kretowicz and Ben Babbitt, the Los Angeles-based duo’s busted tragic loser pop draws on spoken word text, collaged field recordings, and live-mangled CDJ edits of original tracks to explore the time-tested ritual of combining words and song. After publishing a number of recordings since 2020 including “BSAD (buy shit and die)” via CURL, “Brutal” for Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, and the autofictional radio play, “I Hate Here ft. felicita” (YLE Radio, Finland), Ultra Instinct is a new live iteration of that collaboration. Upcoming European dates include: Aug 30- Ultra Instinct at @Meakusma Festival, Eupen Sept 5- Ultra Instinct w/ @enhancementtt + @cccconrad at Forma HQ, London

A big, belated thank you to @ceradon.gallery for having us the last couple months with our “@aqnb Presents: Taste & Discernment” exhibition, which ran April 27 to June 30 🌲🏁🛞⛲️🪑🐕🌅 Curated by @uncle_stephanie , it was a pleasure working with gallerists @andra_nadirshah & @serafina.ttt , and for such a worthwhile endeavor as their LA space. Special gratitude goes to  @cristinebrache_  @rita_void & @vika.kirchenbauer who contributed their films to our closing event, along with our lovely exhibitors @noisyscrub & @s.acevvedo —who also respectively screened and performed on the night—and helpers @la___jaguara & @trophy.boywife 🧊🌶 🔥🧯 🚨‼️Don’t miss Ceradon’s next show, featuring @0ll668 opening in Los Angeles tonight, 6pm-9pm ‼️🚨 📸 & 📹 c/o ᝯׁɑׁׅ֮ꪀׁׅժׁׅ݊ᥣׁׅ֪ꫀׁׅܻ @waltmcclements , @tracyjarvis lizzi_sandell @homopathetic stevie, andra 💚💚💚 🎶🎸 Samuel Acevedo

THE END of “AQNB Presents: Taste & Discernment” closing event, featuring a rooftop screening on green turf and next to artificial flame at Ceradon on June 30, from 7pm. ⛳️🔥🎞️ Accompanying films include a personal and self-reflexive form of artistic critique by Vika Kirchenbauer @vika.kirchenbauer that considers contemporary art from a perspective of class (Selection for Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Lago Film Fest Special Mention). Cristine Brache @cristinebrache_ shares the story of her grandmother who was quarantined in a psychiatric facility in 1961 for inexplicable morning sickness after immigrating to the US from Puerto Rico (Screened at SlamDance Festival, featured in @nytimes ). Rita Macedo @rita_void presents a speculative essay contemplating the histories of destruction, displacement, and dispossession that culminate in a world on the verge of ecological collapse. One of two exhibiting artist Max Göran @noisyscrub contributes a screening of his most recent short film, “Dieseline Dreams” (2023), a meditation on a worldwide truck driver culture as the artist trains for his license in Sweden (Winner of CPH:DOX New:Vision Award 2024 @cphdox ).

Don’t miss our “AQNB Presents: Taste & Discernment” closing event, featuring a rooftop screening and performance at Ceradon on June 30, from 7pm. One of two exhibiting artist Max Göran @noisyscrub contributes a screening of his most recent short film, “Dieseline Dreams” (2023), a meditation on a worldwide truck driver culture as the artist trains for his license in Sweden, along with four films that reflect on the dynamics of taste, morality, and cultural capital within creative institutions. Samuel Acevedo @s.acevvedo activates his “Extinct Blondes #2” installation with a soundtrack and live performance taken from his “Peasant Mannerisms” audio series. @aqnb @vika.kirchenbauer @rita_void @cristinebrache_

We’re in the final throes of our #AQNB Presents: Taste & Discernment” duo exhibition with a closing rooftop screening & performance event at 7pm on Sunday, June 30. Curator #StephKretowicz selects four films that both inspire and engage in dialogue with the themes explored in the show with video work by #VikaKirchenbauer, #CristineBrache and #RitaMacedo. Exhibiting artists #MaxGöran and #SamuelAcevedo also take part. Acevedo activates his work with his “Peasant Mannerisms” sound installation and accompanying live performance. Göran contributes a screening of his most recent short film, “Dieseline Dreams.” LA, please come!

Installation views from @noisyscrub  & @s.acevedo ’s ‘Taste & Discernment,’ curated by @uncle_stephanie  & presented by @aqnb  at Los Angeles’ @ceradon.gallery , running to Jun 30.

Installation views from #MaxGöran & #SamuelAcevedo’s ‘Taste & Discernment,’ curated by #StephKretowicz & presented by #AQNB at Los Angeles’ #CeradonGallery, running to Jun 30.