Eyona Ubugcisa Iiprojekthi zeDiitch zibonisa iNqaku elingakhange livavanywe kwi-LA Artist / Occultist uMarjorie Cameron

Iiprojekthi zeDiitch zibonisa iNqaku elingakhange livavanywe kwi-LA Artist / Occultist uMarjorie Cameron

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UMarjorie Cameron. (Ifoto: ngoncedo lweCameron Parsons Foundation, eSanta Monica)



NgoLwesine ebusuku, isikhumbuzo seentlobo sabanjwa ngaphakathi kwe-76 Grand Street, indawo yangaphambili eyaziwayo, ngoku ibuyisiwe, yomthengisi wobugcisa uJeffrey Deitch.

Abahlobo abasondeleyo bobugqi, igcisa kunye nomfanekiso oqingqiweyo waseLos Angeles uMarjorie Cameron uqokelelene ekwabelaneni ngeenkumbulo ngeScarlet Woman eyadlala kumdlalo bhanyabhanya waseKenneth Anger kwaye wayetshate nososayensi werokethi uJack Parsons, phakathi kophononongo oluncinci kodwa olunembali lokuqala lweEast Coast. Ithuba lepaneli kumfazi kunye nomsebenzi wakhe yayikukuphinda umiselwe iMyuziyam yaseLos Angeles yoBugcisa beContemporary uphando , okanye ubuncinci bayo , kwisitrato iGrand Street yomthengisi. Cameron ’s Ingelosi yaseMpuma (Ifoto: ngoncedo lweCameron Parsons Foundation)








Ngaphezulu kweeyure ezimbini, Isiseko seCameron Parsons UMlawuli uScott Hobbs, kunye nomfoti uCynthia MacAdams, umlingisi u-Allen Midgette, owayesakuba ngumlawuli wevidiyo uWilliam Breeze kunye noMnu. Deitch babelana ngamabali abo kunye nama-anecdotes malunga nomculi, ngelixa bekhangela umkhondo weCameron njengomntu onamandla phakathi komlingo we-L.A. Cameron ’s Umbono wePeyote , 1955. (Ifoto: Cameron Parsons Foundation)



Wayedla ngokuthi kum, 'Scott, awundazi ukuba ndingubani!' Wadanduluka uMnu. Hobbs, elingisa ilizwi lomculi elirhabaxa. Kwaye abanye, wongeze ngokumangalisayo, bathi wathengisa ngobuhle bakhe ngamandla.

Oogxa bakaCameron bakhumbula umoya ovuthayo kunye nobukho begcisa, abavumayo ukuba aluzange luphele, kodwa endaweni yoko lomelela njengoko sele ekhulile-kwaye uninzi lwazo lwempembelelo zobugcisa ngoku zityhilwa eluntwini.

Abahlobo bakhe balanda iimpembelelo zobugcisa bukaCameron kunye nendlela aphila ngayo emtshatweni wakhe noJack Parsons, omnye woososayensi abasungula iJet Propulsion Laboratory owayenoxanduva lokuyila ubuchwepheshe obusetyenziswa kwi-rocket propulsion yanamhlanje. Emva kokwenza imilingo edibene nomhlobo wakhe, umsunguli weScientology uL.Ron Hubbard, owaziwa ngokuba yiBabyl Working, wawela indlela noCameron ngo1946 kwaye bobabini batshata emva nje koko. UParsons wasweleka emva kweminyaka emithandathu kuqhushumbe elebhu ekhayeni lakhe ngo-1952.

Ukusweleka kukaParsons kwaba nempembelelo enkulu kuCameron, kwaye ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1950, wayitshabalalisa imisebenzi yakhe yobugcisa ngokuhlanya, utshilo uMnu. Hobbs, kodwa wavuma kamva ukuba uyazisola. Amalungu ePhaneli (L ukuya ku-R): UWilliam Breeze, uAllen Midgette, uCynthia MacAdams kunye noScott Hobbs. (Ifoto: ICameron Parsons Foundation)

Phantse yonke imisebenzi ebonakala kuyo Inkwenkwezi Yomhlonyane , Ifilimu emfutshane ye-avant-garde ngumenzi wefilim wolingo uC Curtis Harrington ngobomi bukaCameron kunye nomsebenzi wobugcisa, wawutshabalalisa. Nangona kunjalo, omnye umsebenzi, oboniswe kulo mboniso, uyahlala: ioyile ka-1955 eyothusayo kwibhodi yokupeyinta enesihloko Umngcwabo ongcwatyiweyo , apho umgca weCameron ngokungathi ngumsebenzi wemigca ulanda imiphetho eqhekekileyo yepeyinti eluhlaza egalelwe ngokukhulu ukwenza uhlobo lwenenekazi elisongelweyo. UCameron, Indlela yengonyama (Ifoto: ICameron Parsons Foundation)






Kude kube ngumhla we-LA MOCA ka-2014-15 wobuchwephesha bobugcisa bukaCameron, wayeyaziwa ikakhulu ngonxibelelwano lobugqi neParsons, kunye nendima yakhe yokulinga yefilimu. Waye waphoswa ifilimu Umsinga Wasebusuku , ecaleni kukaDennis Hopper. KwiKenneth Anger's Ukuvulwa kweDome yolonwabo, Wadlala indima ebalulekileyo Scarlet Woman.

Ngelixa ilizwe lobugcisa ngoku liza kuqonda ubuchule obucokisekileyo bukaCameron njengedrafti, imvumelwano phakathi kwesangqa sakhe esisondeleyo sabafihliweyo kukuba ukwenza kwakhe ubugcisa kwakuyinxalenye enye kuphela yobuntu obuyinkimbinkimbi. Ngelixa wayesaphila, wabonisa umsebenzi wakhe wobugcisa kancinci, ukuba kunjalo.

[Waye] waxhathisa ukurhweba ngobomi bakhe bonke. Ezi ayizizo izinto zobugcisa, zinokuphinda zenziwe kuba zikhona kwenye inqwelomoya, utshilo uMnu Breeze, okwangoku ongumlawuli olawulayo we-Ordo Templi Orientis International, umbutho wezenkolo owaziwa ngokuba yiThelema owasekwa ngu-Aleister Crowley owayengowakwaParsons.

Kodwa xa uCameron wabonisa umsebenzi wakhe, awuzange uphawuleke. Ngo-1957, igalari yeFerus yabonisa umzobo kaCameron Umbono wePeyote , eyayibonisa umfazi olwimi-inyoka phakathi kwesondo nomntu wasemzini. Umboniso wavalwa ngamapolisa, umzobi kunye nomnini wegalari uWallace Berman wabanjwa kwaye uCameron wagwetywa ngamanyala.

Ufunge ukuba angaze abonise umsebenzi wakhe emva kwempucuko eFerus, uMnu Hobbs uxelele amalungu abaphulaphuli. Ukuhlwayela ezogqunywe ngemifanekiso kaCameron, ngo-1955, uWallace Berman. Ukuhlwayela Ijenali, hayi. 1 (1955) nguWallace Berman. (Ifoto: Courtesy of the Estate of Wallace Berman and Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles)



Kodwa umkhondo wempembelelo kaCameron uphambili kwaye uphakathi kwimbali yobugcisa be-L.A. UBerman ubonakalise umzobo wakhe kwiphepha lokuqala loshicilelo olunqabileyo lobugcisa Ukuhlwayela.

Ekubeni ubugcisa kunye nenkolo behamba ngesandla somculi, incoko ayinakubalekela ukuxhamla kukaCameron.

Wayekufuphi [neziqalo] zeenkolo ezintathu ezintsha, wacacisa uMnu Breeze, kwimixholo yobugqi elawula imifanekiso kaCameron, kunye nefuthe lakhe elithe cwaka kuluntu lobugqi. Kwaye ezo nkolo zinkulu: iScientology, Thelema kunye neWicca.

Mhlawumbi wayengafuni ukubizwa ngokuba ligqwirha, kodwa yile nto wayekhangeleka ngayo kunye nohlobo lwendlela awayephila ngayo, utshilo uMnu Hobbs.

UCameron wabonakala enolwazi lokwenyani lwento engekhoyo, ubumnyama-wayebuthanda, utshilo uNkosazana MacAdams.

Ukuqaqanjelwa kokukhumbula kukaNks MacAdams yayiyinkcazo yakhe ngomlingo kunye nokuvumisa ngeenkwenkwezi bobabini ababesenza kunye, ukusuka kumasiko amancinci uCameron ayewenza ngokuzolileyo nangemihla yonke-wayehlala esithi iintsikelelo ngaphambi kokuqhuba-ukuya kuhambo olubalulekileyo lwe-psychedelic-inkolo. Ngeminyaka yoo-1980, athe kamva uCameron wayibonakalisa kwimibala emibalabala nangamakhamandela awabiza ngokuba ngawo Uthotho lweNdlela yeNgonyama.

Kwi Indlela yengonyama uthotho, olwalungowokugqibela kuye, uMnu Hobbs wachaza ukuba nangona amehlo akhe engaboni kakuhle, wayewuthatha njengowona upheleleyo kwaye uzaliseke ngokupheleleyo kuCameron.

UCameron: ICinderella yeWastelands ijongelwe kwi-Grand Street ngo-76 ukuya ku-Okthobha u-17.

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