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An Experimental Animation Showcase

Rosebud Pettet stopped by the Hotel recently to let us know about an upcoming screening at the Anthology Film Archives. Rosebud was the "spiritual wife" of former Chelsea Hotel resident and the great experimental filmmaker Harry Smith.   She is also close friends with many notable artists and Chelsea Hotel residents past and present. Oddly, the hotel denied Pettet’s request to leave a few postcards for the event in the lobby. I thought the new Hotel management wanted to help promote the work of the artists connected with the Chelsea.

AN EVENING OF EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATIONS: KAMouflage Films are the work of artist/filmmaker Kirt Markle and his collaborator, Rosebud Pettet. These films have been described as “Dazzling…reminiscent of the later work of Harry Smith.” Rosebud, Smith’s close companion for 27 years, says, “Harry would have loved these…” All films are from 2007/2008, and will be screened on video.  Saturday, September 13, 7:00 p.m., 32 Second Avenue, NYC.  Admission: $8.00

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  1. Old & Crabby Avatar
    Old & Crabby

    These new people wouldn’t know who Harry Smith was if his ghost jumped up and smacked them in the face.

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  2. Puzzled Avatar
    Puzzled

    Has anyone else noticed that the Hotel seems very quite (almost empty) despite the fact that it’s fashion week? Fashion week is typically a huge week for the Hotel.

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  3. Clay Terry Avatar
    Clay Terry

    Dear Ed Hamilton: I hope you are the fella writing about/blogging about the Chelsea Hotel and all the turmoil since the Bards have been kicked to the curb. If you are the right guy, I just want to thank you so much for putting up such a strong resistance to one more horrible attempt to “modernize” (read: stamp out eccentricity and individuality and make buckets of money)a wonderfull building with a fascinating history. I live in Atlanta GA and while I visit NYC fairly often (my best friend has lived in Manhatten for years and I stay with her), I have never stayed at the Chelsea Hotel but have always wanted to. Actually, I always dreamed of running away to Manhatten and living at the Chelsea, eventually becoming a little ole bag lady kind of like Dorothy Parker was in her last years (not homeless but basically the next thing to.) I suffer from chronic depression and figured I’d fit right in with all the relatively harmless eccentrics who seemed to populate the Chelsea before Terrible Tilley took over. And I love being around folks who are not normal!
    If you haven’t already, you should read the book “Subways Are For Sleeping” by Edmund Love and also “The Glass Castle” (arthor’s first name is Julia but can’t remember last name). The folks in these books would fit right in at the old Chelsea. Thank you again for keeping the fight going against folks like the ones who ousted the Bards and I do so hope the Chelsea will be able to retain most, if not all, of the elements that made it both famous and infamous. Bring back the Bards!
    A Fan in Atlanta,
    Clay Terry

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