- Xeroxed flier original. Designed by Miranda July. c. 1998. From an East Coast tour to Amherst, Pratt, and another school.
Tour dates:
Fall 1998. (Amherst, MA) Amherst College.
November 3, 1998, 9 pm. (Brooklyn, NY) Pratt Film Series, Pratt Institute. Organized by Astria Suparak.
November 6, 1998. (New York, NY) CMJ (College Music Journal), Coney Island High, 15 St. Mark’s Place. Kill Rock Stars showcase including The Need, Bonfire Madigan, Miranda July, Octant, and Pets.
Related ephemera:
- Letter from Miranda July to Astria Suparak, Pratt Film Series Director. Spring 1998. Written on the back of a show flyer for July and MeMe America (http://www.joanie4jackie.com/archive/posters/#jp-carousel-7303). From the collection of Astria Suparak. July and Suparak’s ongoing correspondence led to an event at Pratt, an art college in Brooklyn, New York where Suparak was a student and running a film series, on Nov. 3, 1998.
- Technical needs list faxed from Miranda July to Astria Suparak for an event on Nov. 3, 1998 at Pratt Film Series. October 26, 1998. From the collection of Astria Suparak. Both July and Suparak were new to email around this time, with their previous correspondence being written letters sent via post and phone calls. Note that July misspelled her email address in her signature, writing “eyropa.com” rather than “europa.com”.
- Handwritten notes by Astria Suparak, probably from a phone conversation with Miranda July, regarding technical requirements for the Big Miss Moviola and July performance event at Pratt Film Series on Nov. 3, 1998. c. October 1998. From the collection of Astria Suparak. The notes towards the bottom indicate that July didn’t want cameras at the event.
- Event schedule and set-up diagram faxed from Miranda July to Astria Suparak. October 30, 1998. From the collection of Astria Suparak. Note the gaffer tape at the top; this sheet was probably taped to the wall while the Pratt Film Series crew set up for the event on Nov. 3, 1998 at Pratt.
- Big Miss Moviola, Miranda July, Octant at Pratt Film Series, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Poster, November 3, 1998. 11.5″ x 17″. Designed by Astria Suparak, with images from July’s CD insert, The Binet-Simon Test (1998). From the collection of Astria Suparak.
- Big Miss Moviola on the calendar of Pratt Film Series, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Poster, October 1998. 11.5″ x 17″. Designed by Astria Suparak. From the collection of Astria Suparak.