Shu Lea Cheang’s I.K.U. + shorts

Wed, Aug 12

7:00 pm Sold Out

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Wed, Aug 12 @ 7:00 pm: Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Shu Lea Cheang and star/transgender activist Zachary Nataf, moderated by artist/filmmaker/curator A.L. Steiner

Director: Shu Lea Cheang Run Time: 104 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2000

Program includes Shu Lea Cheang’s short films Sex Fish (6:00, 1993) and Sex Bowl (7:43, 1994), and her director’s cut of I.K.U. (90min, 2000)

Reiko is a sex robot programmed to accumulate sexual experience. She goes through seven body types to experiences a variety of couplings. She returns to the company to download her accumulated info and escape from their control.

In conjunction with Shu Lea Cheang: LOVER LOVE, a new commission for the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art currently on view.

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