SONIC VISIONS
EXPERIMENTAL FILM + LIVE JAZZ
Presented by the Program in Film and Media Studies and the Department of Music:
Sonic Visions:
Experimental Film + Live Jazz
Friday, April 8, 7pm
Brown Hall Auditorium, Rm 100
Washington University in St. Louis
Admission is FREE and open to the public!
Don't miss this event! Sonic Visions features acclaimed jazz icon Thurman Barker (percussion) performing with Paul Steinbeck (bass) and Joel Vanderheyden (sax). The trio will give an original and unscored performance alongside a short program of avant-garde and experimental films from around the world. The screening will be followed by a Q&A on jazz, improvisation, film and music, and experimental film and jazz as modern art forms. Join us for a reception with refreshments following the event!
Films screened include:
THE DANTE QUARTET (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1987) -- on 35mm film!!!
INTERPOLATIONS (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1995) -- on 35mm film!!!
LICHTSPIEL OPUS 1-4 (Walter Ruttmann, Germany, 1921-1925)
SOUND OF A MILLION INSECTS, NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STARS
(Tomonari Nishikawa, Japan, 2014) -- on 35mm film!!!
This film is sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.
For more information, please visit http://fms.artsci.wustl.edu/sonic_visions or contact fms@wustl.edu.
This event is made possible with generous support from: The Department of Music, the Program in Film and Media Studies, the Center for the Humanities, the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, the Performing Arts Department, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.