Video Altar

22/10/2022

If you missed last nights installment, catch Video Altar’s visuals for Substance Fest’s after parties tonight and tomorrow!

19/10/2022

Film stills from upcoming Cult Terror Cinema program for V, October 20th .

Vintage cult horror trailers pre-show 7pm
Begotten w/ OST 8pm
Short films + live acts 9:30pm

CRMSN CRETR will be DJing dark electronic, black metal and industrial as soundtracks in a club screening presentation of short films between live performances!

Tickets:
https://withfriends.co/event/15059401/video_altar_v_jt_whitfield_lower_tar_dope_dungeon_sayaka_nono_and_smokey_emery_and_begotten_1989.

David Lynch’s 16mm Experiments (1968)

A creepy tea party starring Lynch’s wife Peggy Reavey, a moving burning painting and other surreal animated moments.
From the Lime Green DVD Box Set (2008). Revisited and compiled experimental footage shot during 1967-1968. Fragments and experiments that were previously never released elsewhere with unused parts of The Alphabet (1968).

Pig (1998)

A psychological horror short directed by Nico B. Created, co-directed by and starring Rozz Williams as a serial killer who goes into the desert with an unidentifiable victim to ritualistically torture and murder. The film surreally delves into the mind of the killer and his sadomasochistic relationship with the victim. Features collaged artwork by Rozz entitled ‘Why God Permits Evil’.
Filmed as a form of exorcism of personal demons for Rozz several months before he committed su***de on April Fools Day.

The idea stemmed from a Halloween photo shoot with a Pig mask Rozz found creating “The Pig Man” character. “I started thinking more about the character of this person, who he was and how he thought of himself.
It's a really quite a dark look at... let's say, if I weren't doing this on film, you would be talking to me from a prison cell right now. I'm living out some fantasies on film. (R.W., Johnny Walker, Vibe, 1997).

Japanese punk cinema auteur Sogo Ishii’s Halber Mensch (1986)

Prior to the feature screening of Begotten, I’ll be showing segments (with OST) from the obscure tour de force musical documentary and art film starring Einstürzende Neubauten. Shot during their Japan tour, the legendary industrial pioneers perform their anti-pop album Halber Mensch in an abandoned factory warehouse. Accompanied by Butoh dancers, their construction tool instruments and flesh eating centipedes.

19/10/2022

TOMORROW!

Video Altar V: JT WHITFIELD, LOWER TAR, DOPE DUNGEON, SAYAKA NONO, & SMOKEY EMERY + Begotten (1989)

Video Altar’s fifth installment presents a night of cult terror cinema with live industrial and dark electronic performances!

Vintage cult horror trailer pre-show 7-8pm with DJ CRMSN CRETR. Selections from Sogo Ishii’s Halber Mensch (1986) with OST of Einstürzende Neubauten plays before feature screening.

Featuring E. Elias Merhige’s grotesque 1989 underground classic Begotten and club screening a collection of experimental horror short films in-between live acts with DJ CRMSN CRETR.

Titles include Nico B. and Rozz William’s Pig (1998), Satan Bouche Un Coin (1968), David Lynch’s 16mm (1968), Kenneth Anger’s Invocation of My Demon Brother, JX Williams’ Psych Burn (1968) and The Virgin Sacrifice (1974), plus more visual treats!

Beer/wine bar sales and free popcorn provided.

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵

𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 + 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝟳:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺
𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝟴:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 + 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝟵:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺
$𝟭𝟮 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲 / $𝟭𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳

🔗 𝗥𝗦𝗩𝗣 link in bio

Mask wearing is highly recommended indoors. N/95, KN/95, surgical masks suggested and provided.

𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗥
Techno/electro/industrial by Ori Ofir.
12:30am

𝗝𝗧 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗
Cut-up rhythmic industrial from Austin, TX. With visuals by CRMSN CRETR.
11:50pm

𝗗𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝗗𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗡
Industrial noise by Alexandra Kacha with support by JT Whitfield.
11:08pm

𝗦𝗔𝗬𝗔𝗞𝗔 𝗡𝗢𝗡𝗢
Electronic thrash undercover.
10:20pm

𝗦𝗠𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗬
Tape collage by Daniel Hipólito.
9:45pm

𝗖𝗥𝗠𝗦𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗥
DJ + TV wall installation.

𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢 𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗔𝗥
www.videoaltar.com
Video as ritual.

19/10/2022

Begotten screens Oct. 20th, 8pm as part of ’s Cult Terror Cinema program!

Vintage cult horror trailers pre-show 7-8pm with DJ CRMSN CRETR. Beer & wine bar sales and free popcorn provided.

Begotten (1989) is a provocative surreal neo-psychedelic cosmic horror film of grotesque expressionism. The film goes beyond art house and has imprinted itself within transgressive cinema as an underground “nightmare classic”.

A mesmerizingly morbid film conveying “the death of religion, the abuse of nature by man…” and “a tale of human suffering”. Described as a “ritual caught on film” and “…the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.”

“Begotten is a chrysalis made of archetypal materials, gestures, and forces that defy the “moral” and rational structure of meaning. The film is a launching pad for the mind, a “watering hole” where the imagination drinks to intoxication.” - Merhige

“Kind of like if Alejandro Jodorowsky told the story of creation filtered through the lens of Eraserhead.” - Entertainment Weekly

Read more in my film review at www.videoaltar.com

https://videoaltar.com/f/begotten-1989-review

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17/10/2022

Film stills from upcoming Cult Terror Cinema program for Video Altar V, October 20th at Coaxial Arts.

CRMSN CRETR will be DJing dark electronic, black metal and industrial as soundtracks in a club screening presentation of short films between live performances!

Tickets: https://withfriends.co/event/15059401/video_altar_v_jt_whitfield_lower_tar_dope_dungeon_sayaka_nono_and_smokey_emery_and_begotten_1989

Kenneth Anger’s counter culture dark psychedelic artifact, Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969)

Anger claims the original Lucifer Rising film was stolen by ‘Lucifer’ actor, Bobby Beausoleil. Who Anger placed a curse on just before Bobby’s car broke down in front of Charles Manson’s Spahn Ranch. Rumor says Bobby buried the film nearby the Ranch. Invocation was made from the remnants of the original Lucifer Rising into a celluloid ritual conjuring Lucifer and what Anger describes as “an attack on the sensorium”.

J.X. Williams’ cursed film, The Virgin Sacrifice (1974)

“…with ‘Virgin’, you could just smell the v***r of evil clouding the set. It didn’t help that our chief investor was a ranking member of the Church of Satan. In the end, we tallied three OD’s, a maimed-for-life set designer, bankruptcy, and a car bombing (sort of). Even the film itself disappeared. Not just the prints. The film lab burnt down and we lost the negative. All I’ve got left is the nine minute opening to the main feature and the sound-sync is f**ked.” - JXW

J.X. Williams’ contract breaker bad-trip rarity, Psych Burn (1968)

Originally produced by ABC for a TV pilot to cash in on the emerging hippie demographic. But with JX seeing the proposed LOVE-IN TONITE psychedelic variety show to be a failed disaster he “…decided to deliver the suits a farewell kick-in-the-butt called PSYCH-BURN. The best part was that they presented my film sight unseen at a board meeting about the new Fall Season. I heard some heads rolled over that one." - JXW

Satan Bouche Un Coin (1968)

Released May 4, 1968 during the Paris riots. An improvised dark short by French surrealist Jean-Pierre Bouyxou in collaboration with Raphael Marongiu and friends. Starring infamous fetishistic artist Pierre Molinier as ‘Androgyne’.

15/10/2022

Meet our performing artists for Video Altar V; JT Whitfield from Austin, TX and locals Lower Tar, Dope Dungeon, Sayaka Nono, and Smokey Emery.

Below follows their set times. In between sets will be club screenings of cult terror cinema short films accompanied by DJ .

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵

𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 + 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝟳:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺
𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝟴:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 + 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝟵:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺
$𝟭𝟮 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲 / $𝟭𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳

🔗 𝗥𝗦𝗩𝗣 link in bio

Mask wearing is highly recommended indoors. N/95, KN/95, surgical masks suggested and provided.

𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗥
Techno/electro/industrial by Ori Ofir.
12:30am

𝗝𝗧 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗
Cut-up rhythmic industrial from Austin, TX. With visuals by CRMSN CRETR.
11:50pm

𝗗𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝗗𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗡
Industrial noise by Alexandra Kacha with support by JT Whitfield.
11:08pm

𝗦𝗔𝗬𝗔𝗞𝗔 𝗡𝗢𝗡𝗢
Electronic thrash undercover.
10:20pm

𝗦𝗠𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗬
Tape collage by Daniel Hipólito.
9:45pm

𝗖𝗥𝗠𝗦𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗥
DJ + TV wall installation.
7pm, during short films between live acts & 1am

12/10/2022

Lower Tar has joined the bill! 🔥

Video Altar's fifth installment presents a night of cult terror cinema with live industrial and dark electronic performances!

Featuring E. Elias Merhige's grotesque 1989 underground classic Begotten and screening a collection of experimental horror short films with DJ CRMSN CRETR.

Performing artists include JT Whitfield from Austin, TX as well as locals Lower Tar, Dope Dungeon, Sayaka Nono, and Smokey Emery.

Coaxial Arts
1815 S Main St, LA

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵
𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 + 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝟳:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺
𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝟴:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 + 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝟵:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺
$𝟭𝟮 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲 / $𝟭𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳

https://fb.me/e/3wiPGD2b2j

27/03/2021

Tonight at 7pm, Smoulder directed by Anthony Ramon Maldonado will be presented by for their six year anniversary drive-in/twitch screening! Event will be available for the next two weeks on twitch archive. Twitch.tv/coaxialarts

Shot Fall of 2016 in burned down fabric depots behind the dtla warehouse I lived in near 7th st and Central ave.
A dark kaleidoscopic portal of anguish revealing a video altar summoning deities of destruction and rebirth.

Around the time of filming this I started actively volunteering at and found a creative home that allowed me to grow and explore my video art and events with support from a vibrant DIY community filled with cherished memories.

My video work has only been shared before through my Video Altar installations and screenings. I’m nervous as hell but excited to finally share my first film online to celebrate six years of one of the greatest underground video art and music venues in Los Angeles!

Also for your coffee table, grab a copy of Coaxial’s beautiful new book to read a piece I wrote on with exhibit photos.

Smoulder is the collaborative work of dear and talented friends that believed in my visions. I wholeheartedly thank you all for helping me summon this little beauty.

Honored to premiere Video Altar partner .001’s rarely shared enrapturing music with his original score.

Starring .pol.pod.blotz and
Costume
Makeup
Lighting
PA
With additional camera work by , Suzy and Nedda.

06/03/2021

Lineup list with set times and teaser screenshots from Video Altar visuals for tonight’s Grave Realm event at 7PM. Visuals on at 7:55PM for JT Whitfield’s set
TWITCH.TV/COAXIALARTS

06/03/2021

Video teaser of tonight’s incredible lineup for Grave Realm! TWITCH.TV/COAXIALARTS

07/10/2020

I recently had an interview with cinema rebel and maverick, Alex Cox for ! Auteur and director of cult classics Repo Man (1984), Sid and Nancy (1986), Straight to Hell (1987), and Walker (1987). Alex speaks with us about his films, filmmaking in a COVID world, politics, and meeting the neutron bomb inventor who was an avid fan of Repo Man and reached out to Alex for lunch once.
Check it out on LethalAmounts.com/magazine

27/08/2020

Repo Man harkens to the gritty past of LA in the early to mid 1980’s. Raw and unapologetic for the grime and crime. It’s a film that makes many of us Angelenos proud of the roots in this city. No glossy Hollywood sign or spritzy Beverly Hills glamour. This is downtown and east side Los Angeles. The real LA. Topped with a primal and classic soundtrack of 80’s punk rock crème de la crème bands early in their prime days.

https://www.lethalamounts.com/magazine-index/punk-cinema-cult-classic-repo-man

My write up and restrospect on this punk cult classic is now on ! Packed it full of wild anecdotes and eye candy.

Tomorrow, Friday evening there’s also a drive-in theater screening in DTLA by 🚙 🍿

24/07/2020

The Deviantly Surreal Art of Polish Film Posters.

My new article on Poland’s extraordinary poster art ranging from late 60’s-80’s big name Hollywood titles to the deviating artists rarely seen works. Now up on online magazine!
*Link in my bio

15/06/2020

My new retrospective article on the apocalyptic color rich cult films of Richard Stanley is now up on
www.lethalamounts.com/magazine

Notably his cyberpunk horror gem Hardware (1990) & renowned demon serial killer surreal thriller Dust Devil (1992). Up to his new mind melting H.P. Lovecraft alien film starring Nicholas Cage, Color out of Space (2019).

31/05/2020

My interview with Klaus Maeck is now up on magazine! He’s the film producer and creator of 1984 cyberpunk film Decoder.
We delve into death frogs, the actual riots used in the film and more! Including BTS photos and bonus material such as Genesis P-Orridge’s article on Muzak.

Also as a bonus the film and album are available for your quarantine lockdown viewing/listening pleasure in the film review, Decoder and The Rise of Cyberpunk. * link in bio * 🍔 🐸 📻 💣💥

31/05/2020

Excited to be writing film reviews for online magazine! Starting off with a retrospective on Decoder, 1984.

Noise terrorist F.M. Einheit of Einstürzende Neubauten and drug culture icon Christiane F. star in this rarely seen pre-cyberpunk underground cult film. Influenced by the writings of William S. Burroughs who also makes an appearance. Genesis P-Orridge guest stars as well and collaborates with Dave Ball of Soft Cell for an unforgettable soundtrack. Pirate punks causing riots with noise and a hamburger corporation hired assassin detective played by Bill Rice. What more could you ask for from this 1984 neon drenched Orwellian industrial gem! 📻🍔🐸⚡️*Link in bio*

28/12/2019

“Anyone with a vision and a passion is supported in this community of artists and heart of the underground art scene. Coaxial Arts truly provides a haven for video artists to explore and showcase while still welcoming all in every aspect of creative arts. Since 2016 I’ve experienced some of the most powerful and moving performances and screenings in this special place.

I would of never been able to create and pursue Video Altar without Coaxial Arts support and the flourishing creative community it brings together. All of it fueled purely by passion.”
- Anthony Maldonado (Video Altar)

With only 6 days remaining please help us become ADA accessible and support 2020 programs by becoming a Coaxial member!
Link to donate in bio
Photos from previous four events.
1st ( installation) and 3rd photos by and 4th by

06/11/2019

Video Altar Guardian

Photos by

06/11/2019

TV install by
Altar and visuals by

Photo by

06/11/2019

Cool little video made of x

05/11/2019

Video Altar presents Santa Muerte by for at The Los Angeles Theatre, Nov. 1st & 2nd.

Thank you to all that came and immersed themselves into the Video Altar room! The amount of love and respect shown to the altar was utterly heartwarming!

It’s an incredibly deep devotion I have to La Santisima Muerte and to share the beauty I see in her during such a positive and enchanting night was a dream! Everyone’s reactions and comments were so heartfelt and touching 🖤✨

And so much gratitude and endless love to everyone that helped bring this vision into fruition!
and the guys for giving me the opportunity to shine my brightest!

TV magician partnered up with us to build our most massive Altar yet! His analog skills, arrangements and TVs really created the structure and foundation to build my altar upon. A true honor to work with such an inspiring artist!

drenched the night in gorgeous colors as well as his lighting throughout the film. While our wonderful altar guardian beautifully tended the altar.

The film starred the lovely as The Saint of Holy Death with beautifully haunting makeup by the talented

With myself starring in the film, certain scenes wouldn’t of happened without camera assistance from , and .

Mi hermano .001 really treated us with his gorgeous original soundtrack to the film while it played on full loop with credits. G.S.E.D personal music is a real rare treasure to be included. Certain special visual edits in the film were also by his craft.

My partner in rites during this pilgrimage of Video Altar also truly summoned the perfect atmosphere when he Dj’d during my ritual performances.

& for his support in supplying sound!

The magical Sita Young for her free tarot readings throughout the night! A special gift for those who ventured into the Video Altar room.

There was as well a secret mini tv altar install downstairs for those who explored the corners of that majestically historic haunted theater.

🖤💀🌹

Amazing photo by

28/08/2019

VIDEO ALTAR IV: THURS. 8/29

28/08/2019

TETSUO: The Iron Man (1989) screens tomorrow 7:30 at Coaxial!

26/08/2019

$10 discounted tickets at www.restlessnites.com/events/videoaltariv

24/08/2019

This coming Thursday!

$10 presale tickets available at www.restlessnites.com/events/videoaltariv