Band of Outsiders

A DAY AFTER DEINSTALLING my own show, a firewall downtown at Blade Study, and one before the ashen haze from Canadian fires began its acrid encroachment across the skies of greater New York, a very online and apocalyptic bard, angelicism01, premiered a first cut of Film01, histoire(s) de l’internet at Anthology Film Archives. Logistical information, relayed with paranoia and an unearned solemnity of tone, was withheld from my inbox until two hours prior: “Keep location information private for our safety,” the email read. The original invitation, dated May 17, declared, “Film01 is a peace zone.” Normally I do bring my long sword (ho!) to the theater, but out of respect for the occasion, I left the steel at home.