Public Events

David Wojnarowicz's A Fire in My Belly Free Screenings December 21–December 31, 2010 11 am–8:30 pm Nordstrom Lecture Hall

In response to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery’s removal of artist David Wojnarowicz’s film from the exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture, SAM will show all three versions of the film daily from December 21–31, 2010. Additionally, SAM is co-presenting a public program about censorship on Sunday, January 9, 2011 at the Henry Art Gallery.

Screening Times (every hour on the hour):
December 21 & 22: 11 am–4 pm
December 23: 11 am–8 pm
December 24 : 11 am–2 pm
December 26–30: 11 am–8 pm
December 31: 11 am–4 pm

A Fire In My Belly (Film In Progress), 1986–1987
Super 8mm film transferred to video, black-and-white and color
Silent
13:06 minutes

A Fire In My Belly Excerpt, 1986–1987
Super 8mm film transferred to video, black-and-white and color
Silent
7 minutes

A Fire In My Belly, 1986–1987/2010
Edited by Jonathan D. Katz and Bart Everly
With additional audio added from ACT UP demonstration June 1989 with David Wojnarowicz’s voice
3:59 minutes

Courtesy of The Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P.P.O.W Gallery, New York, and The Fales Library and Special Collections/New York University.

Free admission. Limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.