Friday 2
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In Vito Acconci’s Pryings, Acconci literally tries to get a woman to open her eyes to the world around her. That image will be juxtaposed with Race and Reason–an episode from a real neo-Nazi public-access program–in The Powers That Wanna Be, a program of ten videos on repression and censorship sponsored by the Randolph Street Gallery and the Center for New Television. Tomorrow night’s Seducing the Censors program opens with another Acconci piece, Undertone, about Acconci’s sexual fantasies. That will be followed by Take Off, in which Susan Mogul responds to Acconci by talking about her vibrator. Six other videos are also scheduled. Tomkins Square Police Riot, an uncut video of last summer’s confrontation between New York’s finest and the homeless, will also be screened both nights. The shows begin at 8 at RSG, 756 N. Milwaukee. Tickets are $5, $3 for students and RSG and CNTV members. For more call 666-7737 or 427-5448.
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Andy Warhol giggled in his diary about the prices he was getting for silkscreened pieces, when the little dots of color would flake off in a few years. Work by Stephen Prina will never suffer that fate. Prina’s monochrome paintings of corporate images are made with weather-resistant, glossy, green automobile paint that’s guaranteed to last a lifetime (or the first ten thousand miles). Prina’s work, on exhibit through July 7, can be seen free at the 333 Gallery at 333 W. Wacker, Monday through Friday from 11 to 6. Call 702-8670.
