Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)

[Sara Sherr <sara AT plainparade.org>]

From the Kill Rock Stars mailer:

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Refracted Lens: A Woman’s Eye View of Music
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July 25, 2006
The Pioneer Theater, 155 East 3rd Street at Ave A NYC
7pm, $9
free beer, pizza, and BUST magazines!
www.cinewomenny.org

A woman making music is a beautiful thing, but women making music videos 
are all too rare. In light of the industry’s overwhelming male status, 
celebrating the accomplishments of women in the field becomes even more 
urgent. Refracted Lens turns the spotlight on the women behind the 
camera, often in collaboration with their colleagues – or themselves - 
squarely in front of it.

The program features music videos by women working all over the map and 
across a variety of genres, including: Sadie Benning for ubiquitous 
feminist rocker Kathleen Hanna’s solo project, Julie Ruin; Gina Birch, 
filmmaker and bassist of the seminal post-punk band The Raincoats; 
Birgit Rathsmann (with Bruce Alcock) for Dutch solo female artist Solex; 
Julia Feyrer (Canada) for Canuck indie rockers They Shoot Horses Don’t 
They; Rosa Barba (Germany/NL), for experimental electronic artists Mouse 
on Mars and Microstoria; Valerie Toumayan (France) for the all-female 
Vancouver quintet The Organ; Meredith Danluck (US) for the 
unclassifiable Japanese electronic artist Mu; performance/video artists 
Angie Reed (Germany) and Planningtorock (UK/Germany); and others.

Capping off the lineup is Deborah Schamoni’s (Germany) 2005 short film, 
“Visitors,” featuring art-rockers extraordinaire and role models for 
record label-owning aspirants everywhere, Chicks on Speed, reimagined as 
aliens exploring New York City.

Refracted Lens is by no means an exhaustive survey of women music video 
makers, but it’s an earnest attempt to capture some of the magic that 
happens when a woman and her camera meet some of the most exciting music 
around.

Program details

Sadie Benning/Julie Ruin, “Aerobicide.” (4:00, video, 1998)
Birgit Rathsmann and Bruce Alcock/Solex, “Solex All Licketysplit.” 
(2:26, DV, 1999)
Gina Birch/The Raincoats, TBD.
Julia Feyrer/They Shoot Horses Don’t They, “Sunlight.” (2:50. animation, 
2006)
Rosa Barba/Mouse on Mars, “Cache Coeur Naif.” (3:30, 16mm projected as 
video, 1998)
Rosa Barba/Microstoria, “Kontra.” (3:00, Beta, 2000)
Valerie Toumayan/The Organ, “Let the Bells Ring.” (3:13, video, 2006)
Meredith Danluck/Mu, “Paris Hilton.” (4:10, video, 2005)
Angie Reed, “Cosmo Ho.” (3:46, video, 2001)
Planningtorock, “Have It All.” (3:24, video, 2006)
Deborah Schamoni/Chicks on Speed, “Visitors.” (26:13, video, 2004)