Please join us to watch three strange and wicked video wonders from Emily and Cooper. They’ll be here in person to dish the inside scoop, as well as signing copies of their new book The Beauty Is Relentless, edited by Mike Hoolboom and published by Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and Pleasure Dome.

In this collection of scripts, creative writings and critical missives, their word smart blend of home spun animation, bedroom pop philosophy songs, and glam persona’s by the galore get the full treatment. Imagine threesomes, daddy’s porn, fame, and the importance of animals served up on a privateTV station. The book is both smartful and stylish, featuring Electric Animal author Akira Lippit on the couple, Czech film scientist Andrea Slovakova, video legends Tom Sherman and Monique Moumblow, music writer Terence Dick, queer avatar Sholem Kristalka and video dad Steve Reinke. Novelists Claudia Dey and Kyo Maclear lend wit and grace. There are also a pair of fully illustrated video scripts, a hilarious tell-all interview with writer pal Sara Hollenberg, a suite of unpublished writings by Duke (including I Hate Orgasms) and a collection of commissioned artist’s pages.

Friday June 15, 8 pm $10 Screening and a Book!
Cinecycle, 129 Spadina Ave. (down the lane)

8 pm Video programme followed by outdoor reception: