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MODERN PANIC: DREAMS AND FREEDOM

We are proud to announce the release of our first short documentary, Modern Panic: Dreams and Freedom, directed by Reflections Editor Tom Cottey. We teamed up with our friends at Guerrilla Zoo (lead by curator James Elphick) to produce the film, which explores the themes and ideas behind their acclaimed and controversial Modern Panic exhibitions.

The film includes interviews with artists including Carrie Reichardt, Alexandra Unger, Iain Macarthur, Andrew Hladky and counterculture figures Daevid Allenand Rikki Stein (who discuss the legendary Dreamachine.) The film also features performances by Lydia Darling, Nicola Canavan & Jon John, Alexandra Under, Mad Alan and Kimatica Studio.

Shot at their last Modern Panic exhibition the film is a sequel of sorts to the original Modern Panic film produced in 2011. Guerrilla Zoo’s series of exhibitions are inspired by the work of the original Panic Movement (Mouvement Panique), which was comprised of filmmakers and artists Alejandro JodorowskyFernando Arrabal and Roland Topor, who created provocative and shocking live arts events in France in the 1960′s with an aim to liberate their audience.

The release of this film coincides with Guerrilla Zoo’s call for submissions for the next Modern Panic exhibition in London. If you are an an artist and are interested in submitting work for the next exhibition please follow this link: www.guerrillazoo.com/artist-submissions

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Caden Manson is a director, media artist, and teacher. He is co-founder of the media ensemble bigartgroup.com and network, blog, and publisher, contemporaryperformance.com. He has co-created, directed, video- and set designed 18 Big Art Group productions. Manson has shown video installations in Austria, Germany, NYC, and Portland; performed PAIN KILLER in Berlin, Singapore and Vietnam; Taught in Berlin, Rome, Paris, Montreal, NYC, and Bern; the ensemble has been co-produced by the Vienna Festival, Festival d’Automne a Paris, Hebbel Am Ufer, Rome’s La Vie de Festival, PS122, and Wexner Center for The Arts. Caden is a 2001 Foundation For Contemporary Art Fellow, is a 2002 Pew Fellow and a 2011 MacDowell Fellow. Writing has been published in PAJ, Theater Magazine, and Theater der Zeit. Caden is currently an associate professor and graduate directing option coordinator of The John Wells Directing Program at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama.

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