The cult classic freight train graffiti documentary comes to Parkway Central! 

Who is Bozo Texino? (Dir. by Bill Daniel, 2005) ostensibly chronicles a search for the story behind a legendary boxcar graffiti—-a simple sketch of a blank-staring cowboy character with the scrawled moniker “Bozo Texino.” In the course of this rambling search, the film uncovers a little-known and almost-extinct subculture. 

The film will be preceded by the short “The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal,” (2001) an experimental documentary directed by filmmaker Matt McCormick, based on the ideas of Avalon Kalin and narrated by Miranda July that makes the tongue-in-cheek argument that municipal efforts by Portland, Oregon to mask and erase graffiti is an important new movement in modern art stemming from the repressed artistic desires of city workers. Both films are prsented with permission from their makers.

The event is presented by art department artist-in-residence Ana Woulfe, who will be distributing a new zine about historical cave graffiti made especially for the event. Head to the Art Department any time we are open to read comics by Ana Woulfe in our Philadelphia Comics Collection. 

This free event is taking place in Room 108, on Parkway Central Library's first floor. 

Image: Art by Ana Woulfe