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LONDON — Roger Avary’s short story Crease Settles for Nothing accompanies the catalog for the new Sarah Morris exhibition White Cube Bermondsey, where the artist will be presenting a film and new paintings as part of an exhibition titled “Bye Bye Brazil.”

Named after Carlos Diegueus’s 1970s film, which captured the modernisation of contemporary Brazil, the show focuses on the country “on the eve of another era of dramatic change.” Produced in 2012, In Rio is Morris’s 11^th film, and depicts the complex, and frequently contradictory nature of a city – presenting both a highly orchestrated, smooth veneer, and the more challenging realities of urban sprawl. A new series of paintings titled “Rio” accompany the work, presenting vivid compositions of curves, vectors, and interlocking spheres. The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue featuring essays by Roger Avary and Bettina Funcke.

Sarah Morris was born in the UK in 1967, and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island. She currently lives and works in New York and London. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at institutions including the Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio (2012); MAMbo, Bologna (2009); the MMK, Frankfurt (2009); Lenbachaus, Muncih (2008); and the Fondation Beyeler, Basel (2008).

Bettina Funcke is a New York-based writer and editor, and is currently the Head of Publications for dOCUMENTA (13). Her book, Pop or Populus: Art between High and Low, was recently translated into English and published by Sternberg Press (2009). She has lectured on aesthetics, art theory, and art writing at Bard College, the ZKM in Karlsruhe, Columbia University, and Yale University. Her writings on contemporary art and its production have been published widely, in both artist monographs and magazines includingAfterall, Artforum, Bookforum, Parkett, Public, and Texte zur Kunst. Latest essays include texts on Elad Lassry, Wade Guyton, Gerard Byrne, Jacques Rancière, as well as conversations with Carol Bove, Johanna Burton, and Peter Sloterdijk. After editing books at Dia Art Foundation (1999–2007), she was Senior Editor U.S. for Parkett, and is also a co-founder of The Leopard Press and the Continuous Project group.

Roger Avary is is a Director, Producer, and the Academy Award™-winning Screenwriter of Pulp Fiction, Silent Hill, and Beowulf. His work as Director on Killing Zoe and The Rules of Attraction established his recognition worldwide as an auteur with a unique voice.

LOS ANGELES — Enjoy a drink and network with Writer/Director Roger Avary, then enjoy Rules of Attraction on the patio at the Cat & Fiddle

Are you a screenwriter looking to network with other creatives and hang out with an Academy Award-winning Screenwriter?

Join Final Draft, Inc. at the Cat & Fiddle on June 10th for our monthly meetup, featuring Roger Avary, Academy Award-winning Screenwriter of Pulp Fiction and Writer/Director of Rules of Attraction.

The meetup starts at 7pm with two hours of mingling and networking with fellow screenwriters and filmmakers. After the meetup, Cat & Fiddle will screen Roger Avary’s film Rules of Attraction in their courtyard. 

Final Draft, Inc. is offering this special event to you free of charge. Plus, Cat & Fiddle even has a special deal for you – Monday is $10 dollar Pie & Pint night. Yup! $10 dollars for your choice of a meat, vegetarian or chicken pie and pint of creative juice (draft beer).

Space is limited and the event is filling up so please RSVP at Eventbrite.  Don’t miss out and join us for good food, good fun and good movies!

LOS ANGELES – Roger Avary has signed with Jeff Berg’s new agency, Resolution, following his agent David Unger to the new percentary.

Roger Avary is a Director, Producer, and the Academy Award™-winning Screenwriter of Pulp Fiction, Silent Hill, and Beowulf. His work as Director on Killing Zoe and The Rules of Attraction established his recognition worldwide as an auteur with a unique voice.

David A. Unger is a talent and literary agent at Resolution and is a member of Resolution’s media finance group. Unger “represents leadings artists in the U.S., UK, France, India, China and Russia.” His clients include: Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Steve Coogan, Michelle Yeoh, Naomi Campbell, Gong Li, Anil Kapoor, Natalia Vodianova, Courtney Love, Johnny Hallyday, Emmanuelle Seigner, Olivier Martinez, Vincent Perez as well as directors Tony Kaye, Johan Renck, Malcolm Venville, Michael Haussman, and Academy Award-winner Roger Avary, among others.  Prior to joining Resolution, Unger was a vice-president and talent agent at International Creative Management for 15 years. He represented actors,directors, writers, models, and recording artists, as well as advised the agency’s branding and film financing groups.  Unger began his career at Propaganda Films, a division of PolyGram, where he nurtured the careers of directors David Fincher, Michael Bay, Antoine Fuqua and Mark Romanek among others. He developed award-winning commercial projects for Coca-Cola, Levi’s and Nike as well as music videos for artists such as Madonna, The Rolling Stones and U2.