“People should fall in love with their eyes closed.”
Kiss (Andy Warhol, 1963)
Feb
13
Kiss Day
An interracial couple kissing. © The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh.
– Andy Warhol
“He puts his cheek to the wall. With a kiss he licks the vertical surface and the greedy plaster sucks in his saliva. Then a shower of kisses.”
Un chant d'amour [A Song of Love] (Jean Genet, 1950)
Jan
30
National Escape Day
From one prison window to another, a bunch of flowers swings towards a grasping hand. DP: Jacques Natteau.
An escape of sorts, in love and lust.
– Jean Genet, Notre-Dame des Fleurs (1942/43)
Pamela and Ian (David Greene, 1971)
Jan
18
National Michigan Day
Ian (Ian Stulberg) and Pamela (Pamela Seamon) during the rehearsal of the birth scene (via). DP: Freddy Sweet.
Filmed on campus of the University of Michigan and inspired by Alain Robbe-Grillet's concept of characters being born at the start of the film, and dying at the end.
Outside of this framework, the characters do not exist.