Mit einem anschließendem Gespräch mit Klaus Maeck, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge und Ryan Martin
Decoder is a 1984 underground film with cult status. Featuring an exceptional cast of non-professional actors who for the most part play themselves (
FM Einheit of Einstürzende Neubauten,
Genesis P-Orridge of Psychic TV, Lower East Side bohemian
Bill Rice, Beat Generation icon
William S. Burroughs, and Bahnhof Zoo's real
Christiane F.) and extraordinary music of the time from bands such as Soft Cell, Einstürzende Neubauten, and The The, the film dramatizes the transcending innovation that punk brought to the field of communications.
We are extremely pleased that
Decoder screenwriter and producer
Klaus Maeck, who is in town to present his most recent production
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West Berlin 1979-1989 as part of KINO! 2016, and legendary artist and
Decoder cast member
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge will join us for a conversation after the screening, moderated by
Ryan Martin.
ABOUT THE FILM:
People everywhere are under the influence of Muzak, an artificial music product created by scientists and marketing experts to increase efficiency and enhance well-being. A young punk and sound enthusiast decodes this music and creates an antidote to provoke disturbances not only in the burger joints where he found this music. When he recruites street pirates to spread his twisted sounds via tapes, the turmoil turns into violent street fights (edited with original footage from Berlin's infamous anti-Reagan riots). The big corporations can not tolerate this and engage a shady agent to stop the anti-Muzak movement.
Muzak has a political significance that time has only enhanced. In early cyberpunk manner, the makers of
Decoder created a prophetic film between reality and fiction, in which surreal, metaphorical imagery blends with music, text, and sound effects. Simultaneously a musical action movie with a very physical impact,
Decoder offers an exciting insight into the subcultural ideas and aesthetics of the early 1980s in Berlin and beyond.
Germany 1984, 87 minutes
Directed by Muscha
With FM Einheit, Genesis P-Orridge, Bill Rice, William S. Burroughs, Christiane F.
BIOS:
Klaus Maeck (b. 1954) is a German film producer and music publisher based in Hamburg and Berlin. In the early 1980s, he started the first punk record store in Hamburg (Rip Off). Always one foot in the film business, he has produced and directed numerous music videos and feature films, including
Decoder (1984) and
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West Berlin 1979-1989 (2015). In 2003, he founded the film production company corazón international with acclaimed director Fatih Akin, with whom he produced a series of award-winning films.
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (b. 1950) is the legendary English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance, and visual artist. P-Orridge rose to notability as founder of the COUM Transmissions art collective, which operated in Britain from 1969 to 1976. P-Orridge fronted the pioneering industrial band Throbbing Gristle between 1975 and 1981 and the experimental multimedia commonage Psychic TV from 1981 to present. In 1996, P-Orridge and partner Jackie "Lady Jaye" Breyer P-Orridge embarked on the Pandrogyne Project. P-Orridge currently performs within he/r spoken word project, Thee Majesty, and the most current incarnation of Psychic TV labeled PTV3. Collaborators include Aaron Dilloway, Merzbow, Tony Conrad, William S. Burroughs, Timothy Leary, Monte Cazazza, Hafler Trio, White Stains, Z'ev, and countless others. P-Orridge's visual works have been exhibited in hundreds of exhibitions across the world over the past 46 years, recently culminating in retrospectives at the Andy Warhol Museum and the Rubin Museum of Art.
Ryan Martin (b. 1979) is a musician and visual artist currently residing in Brooklyn, who co-founded Dais Records in 2007 and the avant-garde imprint Robert & Leopold in 2010. He has taken part in hundreds of performances and exhibitions over the past decades, either within bands such as York Factory Complaint and On A Clear Day or his solo endeavor, Copley Medal. His work has been published in numerous international publications and recordings released through seminal labels such as Ascetic House, Backwards, and Vitrine. Martin has collaborated with leading experimental underground artists such as Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Maurizio Bianchi.
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