In November 2020, Chinatown Soup presented 100 Nights (Calling Back), an exhibition that addresses intergenerational disruption as a catalyst for community resilience in response to current events. Recalling the 100 nights that shaped the Punk Movement at London’s Roxy Club in the 1970s and rooted in the inspirational work of The Clash (“The Only Band That Matters”), this project links seminal artists from the 1980s Lower East Side to a new generation of artists echoing their work today.
The exhibition featured reinterpreted posters based on the famous Pennie Smith “too-blurry-to-use” image that became The Clash’s iconic London Calling album cover. The cover itself has a wonderfully rich history that ranges from Elvis’s first album cover to a reinterpretation by Banksy.
Artists donated these works to benefit local food security initiatives.
