MUSIC MOVIE MONDAYS with Bill Kopp - STAND BY FOR FAILURE: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NEGATIVLAND
/Legendary sound collage group Negativland (with visuals by SUE-C) come to Asheville for the first time ever with a Special Multi-Venue/Multi-Day Double-Feature: a documentary about the group, and a live multi-media performance!
On Monday May 20 at 7pm the Grail Moviehouse will be screening the new feature film "Stand By For Failure: A Documentary About Negativland" (from director Ryan Worsley) with members of Negativland in person for the Q and A.
“If you want to be inspired by individuals who dare to bust down the doors of art’s gatekeepers, then STAND BY FOR FAILURE is the way to go.”
Monday, May 20 at 7:00
Film Screening plus Discussion
Get Tickets at the Theater or ONLINE HERE
All tickets are $15 and include General Admission Ticket plus Introduction and Moderated Discussion with Bill Kopp and members of Negativland in person following the movie.
Sponsored by Asheville FM
Asheville-based author and music journalist Bill Kopp will be introducing the film and leading a moderated, interactive discussion following the movie.
In addition to the documentary on Monday,
Negativland will be performing
LIVE at Sly Grog Lounge!
Wednesday, May 22
Negativland Live Performance
with Video Design and Production
by SUE-C
For More info on the Sly Grog show and tickets click HERE
About Negativland:
“An urgent show by Negativland and artist SUE-C calls time on a tech dystopia that is as malevolent as it is stupid… to meet the terrifying contemporary moment… as the world slides incrementally into meltdown.”
– The Wire Magazine
“Negativland have made a rewarding career out of being prodigious consumers of media who then digest it and recontextualize it, emphasizing mediated reality’s crazy-making absurdity and the infinite malleability of perception and ‘truth.’”
– Dave Segal, The Stranger
“Negativland are proud subverters of culture, causing trouble while having fun.”
– NPR Tiny Desk Concert
On "Stand By For Failure: A Documentary About Negativland"
[Director: Ryan Worsley]:
“If you want to be inspired by individuals who dare to bust down the doors of art’s gatekeepers, then STAND BY FOR FAILURE is the way to go.”
— FILM THREAT
“Few artists have logged as many hours on the battlefield of fair use, let alone questioned as persistently the associated legal constraints around intellectual property, as Negativland, whose sonic, visual and performance appropriations and parodies have challenged eyeballs, eardrums and moral standards alike since the late 1970s.”
— THE WIRE
“40+ years of Negativland metamedia, recontextualized into popular feature length documentary entertainment format by Ryan Worsley. You’ve seen and heard it all! But you’ve never seen and heard it like this! ”
— BOING BOING
Bill Kopp
About Bill Kopp:
With over 500 bylines in Western North Carolina publications (Mountain Xpress, Bold Life, WNC Magazine and more), Asheville-based author and music journalist is an acknowledged expert on popular music. Author of two books – Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to The Dark Side of the Moon and Disturbing the Peace: 415 Records and the Rise of New Wave – Bill Kopp writes for publications across the country and abroad. A contributing editor at Goldmine Magazine and contributing writer at GRAMMY.com, he has authored more than 30 album liner note essays and conducted more than 1000 interviews. He regularly hosts lecture/discussions on artists and albums of historical importance, and is a frequent guest on music-focused radio programs and podcasts.
