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Born to Be Wasted — Blood to Fire by Konol & Cinematheque Films

It took Konol eight months to construct Born to be Wasted — Blood to Fire. It represents many aspects to Konol’s existence living with HIV in Australia. No. No. Yes. Yes. From blood to fire. Show me your life.— t

Oh the beat’s gonna bash gonna break it up

This car’s goin’ fast gonna speed it up

The night’s not gonna last so let’s keep it up

We were born to be wasted

Oh the rock’s not gonna stop so let’s rip it up

The beats are gonna drop you can trip em’ up

Your mind is on fire but it’s not enough

We were born to be wasted

This gun’s blowin up it’s just a warning shot

This plane’s takin’ off on a terror run

This night’s gonna end like a missile drop

We were born to be wasted

Baby out loud

Knew that it would come to this

Ain’t worth livin’

If you can’t get your kicks

'Meditations in an Emergency' a poem by Frank O'Hara

Now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again

And interesting

And modern

The country is grey

And brown and white and trees

Snows and skies of laughter are always diminishing

Less funny, not just darker

Not just grey

It may be the coldest day of the year

What does he think of that

I mean, what do I

And if I do

Perhaps

I am

Myself again

Les eprits ephemeres de la nuit by Eaven and Joseph (Cinematheque Mentors)

I am Eavan. I work with T. I am a supervisor at Cinematheque. I was one of the original core group of Cinematheque Boys. I work with HIV/AIDS boys, some of whom will be your mentors. You might work with one of these guys as a team.

I made this video with Joseph, who lives with me at The Studio. We are attempting to show you something of our inner lives and something about how we are connected as friends. The way I see the video, there is a top half and a bottom half. Both sections constantly change, and yet there is some kind of interaction where the two of us connect even as we both evolve. Friendship is really hard to find a way to describe. But as we did this, we felt our friendship growing. SHOW ME YOUR LIFE means the people in that life, too.

When T. says, “Show me your life,” he does not always mean the room or the squat you sleep in, or even where you might hang out with other kids not unlike yourself. You should film these places, too. Because no one knows how you live but you. This is all on you. Even the camera is on you. People are donating their time, their money, their talent to make SHOW ME YOUR LIFE work. So people can know how and where you live; how you survive. Film it all. But especially film YOU. The inside you. The you only you know. You will hear T. call these your second selves.

T. has been making video, film, and doing photography all around the world for a long time.

You guys will be from all over the world as well.

I am looking forward to visiting this art program. I think it’s going to say a lot and it’s going to show a glimpse of life that most people know absolutely nothing about. It’s time they saw that world with your eyes to guide them.

"Mizu" (water) by Michio & Joseph (Cinematheque Films)

Michio is a 12-year-old boy from Japan. We have recently been talking a lot about the idea of struggle and the idea of survival. Michio has been working with Joseph from Cinematheque, and they have put together this video Michio calls “Mizu.”— t

à risque: lumière et movement

Pascal is a sixteen year old patient suffering from HIV and schizophrenia at the Maison Blanche Hospital in Paris where he has assembled for Show Me Your Life — à risque: lumière et movement. A collage of sound, motion, dance, and metaphor that explores the perceptions he has of the world around him. — t

AIDS Crawling Up My Spine, Déjeuner

Cinematheque Films/ The Studio Arts Education/ Show Me Your Life/ Tristan’s Moon (Real Stories Gallery Foundation 501c3): Students are allowed access to fair use art materials and mixed media in the teaching of iconic manipulation in photographic, video and film production. Representations and facsimiles are presented as teaching tools and instruments employed to instruct students in the techniques and application of mixed media art and collage. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act allows art-teaching entities the fair use of such materials in classroom and teaching-research applications.

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