2940 n campbell / radio jammer
2023 | 16mm to digital, 5.1 | 4 min / 20 minTwo films by Jacob Kessler
Sound by Tom Dixon & Dominic Bonelli
In 2940 N Campbell, a Satanic holiday is celebrated at a queer DIY space in Chicago. As police raid and permanently shut down the venue, excess pleasures persist to the musicality of a malfunctioning police radio. In the onslaught of lights and noises, audience members find a curious indifference to their source.
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Radio Jammer is a fragmentary 16mm portrait of the lonely lives that haunt Chicago’s underground rap scene. Alienated youth seek transcendence amid chaotic crowds, deafening noise, and the allure of occult aesthetics. The gaze of surveillance, both real and imagined, affirms their indignation.
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