IT’s A to Z

IT’s A to Z: The Art of Arleen Schloss traces the life of influential underground and experimental artist Arleen Schloss during the height of the New York City art scene from the 1970s to the 1990s. Arleen began her influence through A’s – an interdisciplinary loft space that became a hub for music, exhibitions, performance art and films. A hotbed of experimentation, A’s featured works from then unknowns Sonic Youth, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Human Arts Ensemble, Liquid Idiot, Eric Bogosian, John Zorn, Glenn Branca, Shirin Neshat, Phoebe Legere, Sur Rodney Sur, Ai WeiWei, and Alan Suiclde. The documentary explores how Arleen’s art work evolved and changed with the times. Through exclusive never before seen archival footage shot by Arleen herself, mixed with interviews with people from the scene, we trace her life story and see – from her point of view- how New York City has changed from the 1970’s to the present day. Directed by @stuart.ginsberg

Wednesday’s at A’s, 1979