Calling all Agents:
http://www.thehorsehospital.com/now/final-academy/
DOORS 7:30PM TICKETS £7 ADVANCE £8.50 ON THE DOOR
This event honours The Final Academy which took place in London 30 years ago
this October, and which featured William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, 23 Skidoo,
and Psychic TV.
ORGANISED BY JOE AMBROSE, FINAL ACADEMY / 2012 WILL FEATURE :
THE MOVIE WORDS OF ADVICE; ON THE ROAD WITH WILLIAM BURROUGHS
LANGUAGE VIRUS BY RAYMOND SALVATORE HARMON WITH MUSIC BY PHILIPE PETITE,
WILLIAM BURROUGHS, 1914-1997 BY GERARD MALANGA
SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE BY SCANNER AND OTHERS.
FINAL ACADEMY / 2012 wll be marked by the publication of Academy 23, an
anthology edited by Matthew Levi Stevens featuring Joe Ambrose Bee
(ex-Getting the Fear, Futon, Club Rehab, and former Psychic TV associate)
Michael Butterworth & John Coulthart of Savoy Books Fritz Catlin (23
Skidoo, Last Few Days) Emma Doeve Paul A Green (Babalon¹, The
Qliphoth¹) Phil Hine (noted Chaos Magician) Spencer Kansa (The Wormwood
Star¹) Cabell McLean (companion & student of William S. Burroughs)
journalist John May (The Generalist¹) Jack Sergeant (Naked Lens: Beat
Cinema¹) John Balance (Coil) and unpublished interviews with William S.
Burroughs and Terry Wilson.
Soundtrack for the event provided by Testing Vault, Plague Doctors featuring
DJ Mix by DJ Raoul, Islamic Digger No1. One Way, Alma featuring Joe Ambrose.
INFO
Words of Advice ( Dir. Lars Movin, Steen Møller Rasmussen) features
previously unseen footage of Burroughs on tour in the late 80s, plus rare
home movies of Burroughs in Kansas towards the end of his life. Contributors
include Patti Smith John Giorno, Islamic Diggers, and Bill Laswell.
Scanner is one of the leading electronic musicians of his generation. In
2004 he was commissioned by Tate Modern to create thir first sonic art work.
He is a contributing editor to kultureflash.net
Raymond Salvatore Harmon is a distinguished American graffiti atist,
painter, and filmmaker. Utilizing new media, urban art, and interactive
architecture in coordination with public performance, graffiti style ad
bombing, and web based social engineering Harmon¹s work has carved out an
over arching form of contemporary media insurgency.
Gerard Malanga was, according to the New York Times ³Warhol¹s most important
associate.² A poet and photographer, Malanga¹s best known photographs
feature his friends Iggy Pop, William Burroughs, and Bob Dylan.
Joe Ambrose directed the movie Destroy All Rational Thought featuring
William Burroughs and co-prodced the album 10% featuring Marianne Faithfull,
John Cale, Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, and Scanner.
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