You are cordially invited to the inaugural screening of
The Dawn Clements Memorial screening Club.
Hosted by Angela Dufresne, Claudia Bitran and Cate Giordano.
When: This Friday MARCH 15th
6 pm cocktails. 7 pm dinner and screenings
Where: Luncheonette in Greenpoint
221 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222.
An evening of Titanic’s last Third Class Dinner will be Cooked and served by Cate Giordano and Angela Dufresne. Menu includes: Roasted Pork with sage and onions, Green Peas, Potatoes. And a special Iceberg cake made by Mary Temple.
And for screening: There is both an overlap and a random connection between Dawn’s and Claudia’s projects. We will explore this eve. Part of preserving and expanding on Dawn’s legacy in regards to these screening will be to draw connections across artistic generations.
‘Titanic’ from 1953
Directed by Jean Negulesco. With Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner, Audrey Dalton. Dawn made several works - impressively obsessive pen-and-ink re-creations of movie interiors set aboard the Titanic, notably ‘Smoking Room’ and ‘Dinning Room’ which were shown in ‘Storylines’ at the Snug Harbor Museum in 2007. —-
And
A screening and presentation by Claudia Bitran Titanic -A Deep Emotion (2014-2019) is Claudia Bitran’s ongoing shot of shot reinterpretation of Titanic (1997). It is an experimental film that collages and weaves live action, animation and sound pieces, created during shoots and performances in 20 cities across the United Stated, Chile and Mexico. The production counts with the participation of 550+ actors: Bitran’s friends, family members, and volunteers that she recruits in public spaces.
