DRILLER KILLER E2 is a tribute by artist Vanessa Scully to the 1979 video nasty classic 'Driller Killer' directed by Abel Ferrara. Set in London’s coolest postcode - the cast of local artists and gallerists play extensions of themselves, blurring the boundaries between reality and fiction. Reno is not so different to the typical emerging artist residing in E2. He is creatively rich but economically poor trying to make his mark in a competitive, abundant and ever expanding art world. The pressures of urban living , a nagging girlfriend, an unsupportive gallerist and sharehouse living become too overwhelming for a painter looking to get ahead, ‘Nobody said life would be pretty’. ' Contact vanessa/ vanessascully@hotmail.co.uk for limited edition DVD sales.

Friday 11 November 2011

LAST CHANCE

DRILLER KILLER E2
CLOSING PARTY
SATURDAY 12TH DECEMBER
4-6PM
 

David Burrows
Dean Kenning
Elizabeth McAlpine
Simon Ould
Liam Scully
Vanessa Scully
also on show -

Video Nasty Trailers Showreel

Mark McGowan, The Artist Taxi Driver

Adam Walker, The Light of the Sky The Beauty of the Abyss

Rafal Zajko, Escamotement D'une Dame

Liam Scully, Video Nasty

Francesca Blomfield & Max Prus, In It To Win It

Simon Ould, Bad Lieutenant Super

Fionn Brettel, YIG



Tuesday 1 November 2011

FIRST THURSDAY


Join the artists for drinks

DRILLER KILLER
FIRST THURSDAY
4TH NOVEMBER 2011
6-9PM

Tuesday 25 October 2011

Monday 24 October 2011

Jimmy McLean as Rino Miller


THE DRILLER KILLER
IS COMING
THIS SATURDAY
AUBIN CINEMA, E2


Sunday 4 September 2011


DRILLER KILLER E2
Halloween Weekend Special

Private View: From 1pm, Film starts 2pm Saturday 29th October
Exhibition: 29 October – 12 November

DRILLER KILLER E2 is film premiere and exhibition homage to Abel Ferrara’s 1979 video nasty 'Driller Killer'. It seems appropriate to be hosting this exhibition/screening right now, the remake is ever abundant and like a remake of history the Tory party are back in the driving seat. David Cameron sits on his moral high horse declaring that the nation is broken and that society is sick. Moral codes and family values are again being drilled home. It was the early 1980’s and a similar scenario that resulted in the Video Recordings Act 1984. Like the cuts to the arts and humanities, education and the tripling of tuition fees, creativity is under threat. Censorship is back but in a more devastating form.

 Showcasing 6 artists for the first time together, David Burrows, Dean Kenning, Elizabeth McAlpine, Simon Ould, Liam Scully and Vanessa Scully make work in response to the film that helped bring about the 1984 Video Recording Act.  In a Shoreditch basement each artist will bring their unique approach to the video nasty, whether it is the kinetic abominations of Dean Kenning or the low-fi offerings of Simon Ould, a mix of the comic and the macabre will both repel and delight.

A matinee film screening of Abel Ferrara’s ‘Driller Killer’ + Vanessa Scully’s ‘Driller Killer E2’ + surprise video nasty trailers by artists working with film. Tickets for the screening are £7.50 per person, £15 for the sofas, and £20 for the deluxe sofa, all come with complimentary Bloody Mary. Tickets available through Aubin Cinema.

Sunday 7 August 2011

LIAM SCULLY AS RINO MILLER



LIAM IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SERIES OF PAINTINGS FEATURING CURRENT MUSE 'BIP LING'. THIS SERIES OF WORK WILL BE SHOWN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PREMIER OF 'DRILLER KILLER E2' AT A SECRET LOCATION IN SHOREDITCH, SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED.

BIP IS A FASHION, ART & MUSIC BLOGGER WHO RECENTLY SIGNED UP AS A NEW FACE WITH 'STORM' MODELLING AGENCY. BIP IS CURRENTLY FRONTING THE UK CAMPAIGN FOR USA FASHION LABEL 'FOREVER 21'.

THE DRILLER KILLER, 1979


An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.

Director:
Abel Ferrara

Writer:
Nicholas St. John

Stars:
Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz and Baybi Day

Info courtsey of The Internet Movie Database. Image original artwork from VHS cover.