Now showing
The Zeon Files, Melvin Detroit, Armistead Maupin (2016)
About this film
Albuquerque’s Mark Childs and Ellen Babcock share a rare discovery… the designs for many of Route 66’s iconic neon signs. “They have that aspect of being mid-century modern America. And currently, that work still has value--it’s still inspirational in a number of different ways.” Inspired by the Bauhaus, Santa Fe’s Melvin Detroit creates vivid geometric paintings. “Abstraction means to me the possibility for inventing. You are giving birth to a piece that has never been seen before.” Author of the popular “Tales of the City,” Armistead Maupin talks about his experience as a growing artist. Maupin is interviewed by Hakim Bellamy. “When I came out as a gay man, when I moved to San Francisco and suddenly took a look at my own oppression, then I had to look at everyone else and see. It was a lesson in empathy.”
Directors & creators
KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Route 66, Neon signs, Albuquerque, Graphic design, Mid-century modern, Melvin Detroit, Abstract art, Santa Fe, Armistead Maupin, LGBTQ+ literature, San Francisco, Tales of the City, Bauhaus influence, Geometric painting, New Mexico history, Mark Childs, Ellen Babcock, Industrial design, Visual arts, Authors, Art preservation, Modernism, Cultural heritage, Zeon Sign Company, COLORES (TV series)
More from this pool