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Watch Chloë Sevigny Frolic Around In 1990s NYC
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Jen Carlson
Published Mar 29, 2013
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Here's a 21-year-old, pre-Kids Chloë Sevigny playing air guitar, playing dress up, and playing with her pals all over Manhattan. Nowness notes this two-part short film was "shot as an original video campaign for X-Girl, the preppy downtown fashion line and one of the many collaborative projects conceived by Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon." Sevigny talked about the short, admitting she thought people might think of it as boring, and that it was "supposed to be like Godard."
She also discussed a photo of herself and Larry Clark currently hanging at the New Museum—"I moved to NYC June of 1993, but I think that was shot earlier in the year when I was still visiting. I’m trying to think of the length of my hair because I was always shaving it that year. There’s a tank top, the ringer tees, stars of course were very popular in the 90s, so I feel like my outfit is very emblematic of 1993. It was shot in Larry’s apartment. I think I went over there with Harmony. He was already photographing us and making weird little videos and stuff."
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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