Hammer Presents is a series of interdisciplinary events produced by leading musicians, filmmakers, and visual artists.
All Hammer public programs are free. Tickets are required, and are available at the Billy Wilder Theater Box Office one hour prior to start time. Limit one ticket per person on a first come, first served basis. Members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVP's not required.
Interdisciplinary
Sister Spit: The Next Generation
Sister Spit: The Next Generation is a dynamic and ever-changing group of ‘zinesters, fashion plates, novelists, performance artists, slam poets, and fancy scribblers. Eileen Myles is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose collection of essays The Importance of Being Iceland will be published in fall 2008. Cristy Road is an artist whose repertoire consists of ten years of independent publishing, two graphic novels, and illustrations for magazines, album art, posters, and political organizations. Michelle Tea is co-founder of the Sister Spit open mic and tours of the 1990s and the creator of Sister Spit: The Next Generation. She is the author of the novel Rose of No Man's Land, and the editor of It's So You: 35 Women Talk about Personal Expression Through Fashion and Style.
Megapuss & Lauren Dukoff
“We are like the last half of the film Joe vs. the Volcano. You must understand this, we sing for all the ducks and all the hams, for the things that are clearly so sheik and Megapuss-esque, please know this, we play pop songs.” —The Credit Card Man
Megapuss make their auspicious debut under the stars in the Hammer Courtyard. These talented musicians play unique pop music tempered with a healthy dose of humor. Complementing the performance are projections from photographer Lauren Dukoff whose honest and authentic portraiture of musicians is the subject of a book to be released in spring 2009.
Brent Green
"Some of the most original animations we have seen in years."
—The New York Times
Expect a full body experience including live music, short films, and improvised narration—an evening spent on the verge of collapse with wobbly guitar, musical saw, banjo, fiddles, trumpets, accordion, drums and adamantly hand-made animations. Watch Brent Green’s films (Susa’s Red Ears, Hadacol Christmas, Paulina Hollers, Abe Lincoln, Carlin, Louisville/Gravity, and Walt Whitman’s Brain) accompanied by Brendan Canty of Fugazi, Jim Becker of Califone, Alan Scalpone of the Bitter Tears, Rodney McLaughlin, and Brent Green himself. Green has shown previously at the Sundance Film Festival and at several museums and festivals around the world.
