[News] World of Wonder Previews Their Upcoming Doc Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker

““I wake up every morning in this killing machine called America and I’m carrying this rage like a blood-filled egg.”

”If the work we make as artists doesn’t contribute to the resistance, we’re helping a system of control become more perfect.””

— David Wojnarowicz

In honor of what would have been iconic artist David Wojnarowicz’s 66th birthday, World of Wonder posted a preview of their upcoming documentary film Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker. The film will be making its festival rounds this winter.

Wojnarowicz shared his experiences and observations of the world in a kaleidoscope of words and images, art & essays, films & installations that confronted America’s illusion of a “One-Tribe Nation” and our “pre-invented existence” of racial & economic inequalities, injustice, corruption, greed and oppression.

Chris McKim, the director of the upcoming documentary, had this to say about the time he “met” David: “I first met David in the fall of 2017, some 35 years after his death from AIDS at the age of 37 and several months into working on a documentary about his life. That’s when I started listening to the nearly 200 audio cassettes he left behind; a collection of intimate tape journals, conversations, mixtapes, band rehearsals & more. Those cassettes took me on his journey: hoppin’ trains at 21; rehearsals with his band, 3 Teens Kill 4; looking for love and cruising for sex; and most of all, finding his way, his voice and his purpose as an artist while AIDS became a full blown pandemic ignored by the republican administration & Christian right.”

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“I wake up every morning in this killing machine called america and I’m carrying this rage like a blood-filled egg.” . David Wojnarowicz experienced more life in a moment than some people do in their entire lives. . A prolific multimedia artist, writer and activist throughout the 1980s, Wojnarowicz (VOY-nah-ROH-vich) shared his experiences and observations of the world in a kaleidoscope of words and images, art & essays, films & installations. Through this vast body of work until his last dying breath, he confronted America’s illusion of a “One-Tribe Nation” and our “pre-invented existence” of racial & economic inequalities, injustice, corruption, greed and oppression. . I first met David in the fall of 2017, some 35 years after his death from AIDS at the age of 37 and several months into working on a documentary about his life. That’s when I started listening to the nearly 200 audio cassettes he left behind; a collection of intimate tape journals, conversations, mixtapes, band rehearsals & more. Those cassettes took me on his journey: hoppin’ trains at 21; rehearsals with his band, 3 Teens Kill 4; looking for love and cruising for sex; and most of all, finding his way, his voice and his purpose as an artist while AIDS became a full blown pandemic ignored by the republican administration & Christian right. . Today, on what would have been David’s 66th birthday, let’s honor his memory and continue his fight by using his words as our guide, “If the work we make as artists doesn’t contribute to the resistance, we’re helping a system of control become more perfect.” . Chris McKim @burnspookybunny Director/Producer of Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker September 14, 2020

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