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DESCRIPTION:ADMISSION: \nAdmission is free and open to current USC students
  only. RSVP beginning Monday\, January 5\, 2026\, at 10 a.m. \n\nRSVP\n\nCo
 ntent Warning: This event involves discussion and imagery of body piercing\
 , suspension\, and nudity. Viewer discretion advised.\n\nDESCRIPTION:\nOne 
 day after we screen clips and unseen footage of A Body To Live In\, USC stu
 dents are invited to a closer-look with filmmaker Angelo Madsen at ONE Arch
 ives at the USC Libraries. Curatorial Assistant Quetzal Arévalo will kick o
 ff the program with a tour of the exhibition NEED ME\, or\, (de)mystifying 
 the myth of the modern primitive\, a show that focuses on the queer history
  of modern body piercing\, where works by Fakir Musafar will be made public
  for the very first time. Following the tour\, Angelo Madsen will share add
 itional unreleased footage from his feature-length documentary about Musafa
 r and discuss the archival research process\, the story of how the film cam
 e to be\, the ethics of documentary editing\, and touch on themes of the fi
 lm\, such as BDSM's relationship to mental health and trans relationality.\
 n\nStudents are encouraged to bring questions about their own work\, practi
 ce\, and methods. The event is meant to be an intimate dialogue between art
 ists\, curators\, and students interested in queer history and how to tell 
 it.\n\nBios:\nQuetzal Arévalo (they/them) is the Getty Marrow Emerging Prof
 essionals Curatorial Assistant at ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. They a
 re the curator of NEED ME\, or\, (de)mystifying the myth of the modern prim
 itive (opening at ONE Archives February 25\, 2026)\, the first public exhib
 ition to present the western renaissance of body piercing as definitively q
 ueer history rooted in the sexual underground. They were a co-curator of Sc
 i-Fi\, Magick\, Queer L.A.: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation (Aug. 2024–
 Mar. 2025)\; The Space We Take: Portraits from the Archive (Jun. 2025–Jan. 
 2026)\; and Robert Andy Coombs: No Content Warning (Jun.–Sept. 2025). Befor
 e their curatorial fellowship at ONE Archives at the USC Libraries\, they r
 eceived their BA in History of Art from UC Berkeley with a departmental cit
 ation award and highest university honors. Their current research at ONE ex
 plores body modification\, kink\, subculture\, and their enchanting interse
 ctions.\n\nAngelo Madsen (previously known as Madsen Minax) is a filmmaker\
 , visual artist\, and educator. His projects consider how human relationshi
 ps are woven through personal and collective histories\, cultures\, and kin
 ships. Madsen’s works have shown at Berlinale\, Toronto International Film 
 Festival\, Tribeca Film Festival\, HotDocs\, BAM CinemaFest\, Art of the Re
 al\, BFI\, Edinburgh International Film Festival\, the Museum of Contempora
 ry Art Chicago\, the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, Leslie Lohman Museum\,
  Outfest\, Newfest\, Frameline\, and dozens of LGBT film festivals internat
 ionally. His film North By Current (2021) aired on season 34 of POV (PBS) a
 nd won both a Cinema Eye Award and an IDA Award for Best Writing. A New Yor
 k Times Critics Pick\, North By Current has been called “A beautiful\, comp
 lex wonder of a film” by Rolling Stone. Madsen teaches video art at the Uni
 versity of Vermont and is a Queer|Art Mentor\, a United States Artists fell
 ow\, and a Guggenheim fellow. \n\nRelated Event: \nExploring Fakir Musafar 
 with Angelo Madsen\, Ron Athey\, and Idexa\nThursday\, February 26\, 2026\,
  at 7 p.m.  \nTommy’s Place  \nFor more info\, click HERE. \n\nPresented by
  USC Visions and Voices. Organized by Quetzal Arévalo (ONE Archives at the 
 USC Libraries)\, Luka Fisher (Curatorial Studies)\, and Alexis Bard Johnson
  (ONE Archives at the USC Libraries).\n\nPhoto (Angelo Madsen): Leah James
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SUMMARY:A Body To Live In  – Director’s Behind the Scenes Look and Exhibiti
 on Tour
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