MELODRAMZ

Herein, fragments of Contrivances.

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Performer Regina the Gentlelady reads from “Corinne” at the May 11, 2012 launch party for the short-story collection Contrivances by David Balzer. Venue: The White House Studio Project, Toronto. Video: Basil AlZeri.

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Mae Murray in Peacock Alley (1922). Courtesy Decaying Hollywood Mansions.

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Chorus girl as The White Peacock in Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic. (1919)

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Performer Lauren Bride reads from “Cygnus” at the May 11, 2012 launch party for the short-story collection Contrivances by David Balzer. Venue: The White House Studio Project, Toronto. Video: Basil AlZeri.

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Lurking 109 - January 27 2011 Coloured pencil on paper 

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Lurking 28 - May 30 2010 Watercolour on paper 

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From The Love Letters of Lauren Bride, tickets made and distributed for Trampoline Hall in Toronto, March 13, 2006. Bride read at the launch party for Contrivances.

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Françoise Dorléac in La Peau Douce (1964, François Truffaut).

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Yoshi Sodeoka's GIF for MELODRAMZ.

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Janet Werner Birchface 2010

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Dennis Hopper with his wife Daria Halprin and their daughter Ruthana.