THE THING @ WHITE SLAB PALACE Colab Documents from the End of the '70s Monday, September 27, 8pm Delancy and Allen (southwest corner)

Raw courage or criminal stupidity? Early adventures in musical performance and alternative space making.

"X Magazine Benefit" (1978/2009; 12 min., b/w) Nearly all-black Super-8 document of the pre-No Wave concert with Contortions, DNA, Boris Policeband

shot by Alan Moore; edit by Coleen Fitzgibbon

“The Real Estate Show” (1979/80; 28 min., b/w) On-site uncut video of artists setting up the insurgent art exhibition that spawned ABC No Rio

shot by Mitch Corber