Art thou afraid? No monster, not I.
Have you ever been called crazy? An emotional freak? Or just a straight up BASKET CASE? You probably have your reasons, we all do. Maybe you were just dumped. Or maybe a doctor separated you from your conjoined twin without your consent and now the two of you (yes, your twin is still alive in your wicker basket) are out for revenge.
To celebrate our window display, please join us in our chosen screening of Basket Case (1982), a gory, schlocky, body horror film guaranteed to make you feel sick and uncomfortable with how much you enjoy it. Directed by Frank Henenlotter, Basket Case explores the grotesqueness of the body, and shockingly, how essential that quality is to our sense of being. TLDR, having a body is weird and we all have weird bodies to embrace.
Make this your Summerween and show up in costume! Bonus points if it’s twins! Come early to chat with the display artists and catch some of their video art before the screening.
This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.
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Gabrielle Clemente is a multimedia artist born in Hanau, Germany, and based in Austin, Texas. Their work displays interpersonal relationships and individuals' roles within their environment through archival preservation and documentation. Clemente explores femininity, gender outside a Western perspective, immigration and citizenship, and the political atmosphere of the Philippines through mixed media and found objects. Clemente graduated with a BFA in Studio Art with a track in transmedia, printmaking, and painting and drawing at the University of Texas at Austin in 2023.
Esha Nigudkar is a filmmaker and multimedia artist based in Austin, Texas. Her work centralizes on realizations of personal identity within the environmental context. Through visual mediums such as documentaries, transmedia, and traditional art, Nigudkar examines the behavioral patterns, loss of innocence, and the comedic anguish occurring within modern-day America. Nigudkar graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2024 with a BS in Radio-Television-Film and a certificate in Digital Arts & Media. She currently works as a Radio-Television-Film Specialist at the University of Texas at Austin.
Zach Larkin is an artist based in Austin, Texas. He received a B.F.A in Studio Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. His media often branches through illustration, printmaking, bookbinding, and performance. His work explores the intersections of queer identity, interpersonal relationships, and health, through the lens of urban infrastructure. Larkin has exhibited work at UT Visual Art’s Center (VAC), Dell Medical school, ICOSA Collective, Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking, and UpFront Gallery through Creative Action. He has also exhibited work with PrintHouston and PrintAustin. His current juried solo exhibition at UpFront Gallery investigates healthcare obstacles through studies of Austin infrastructure and the body.