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A TRIBUTE TO STOM SOGO

January 17 – January 18

January 17-18, 2026

These special screenings pay tribute to Japanese film- and video-maker Stom Sogo (1975-2012), an artist who has been close to our hearts here at Anthology ever since the mid-1990s, when he was a staff member and an important part of the community. In fact, as Adrian Goycoolea’s new documentary portrait of Sogo illustrates, he was part of a generation of artists and experimental film enthusiasts who, in the mid-to-late 1990s, contributed to shaping a new chapter in Anthology’s history, pushing it beyond its more museum-like, Essential Cinema-focused 1970s incarnation. Stom’s most important legacy, though, is his extraordinary body of work, which, despite his untimely death at the age of 36, consists of dozens of extraordinary and radical films and videos. This weekend of screenings – which includes two programs surveying Sogo’s work – marks the premiere of Goycoolea’s brand-new portrait, A MIXTAPE FOR STOM, which explores his life, his art, and his impact on his fellow artists and friends.

“A dynamo whose thunderous potential was cut short by his premature death, Sogo remains a romantic rebel if ever there was one. For over two decades he created a hair-raising body of aggressively beautiful films and videos. His distinctive, psychically charged work revels in optic and aural jolts just as much as it attempts a sincere connection with the viewer. […] A prolific creator and a devoted experimentalist, Sogo often began with Super-8 or mini-DV and constantly renewed his works with hybrid electronic remixes. With each step the material achieved a higher level of intensity, sometimes to the point of self-destruction. As overtly poetic and autobiographical as they are often fiercely abstract, Sogo’s works do not shy away from exploring visual and sonic extremes.” –Andrew Lampert

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