OPEN EARS & WIDE EYES / by melinda shopsin

Open Ears & Wide Eyes: An Array of Experimental Cinema curated by Andrew Lampert

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Presented by New Music Circle at Webster University, Winifred Moore Auditorium
Saturday, April 13th, 2019 @ 8:00 pm
$10

For this event, Lampert will curate a selection of films from the 1950’s – to present day, which incorporate or work heavily influenced by the experimental music world, and will host a post-screening Q+A.
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Film program:

Robert Breer
FIST FIGHT
1964, 11 minutes, 16mm, color, sound. Courtesy of Canyon Cinema.

Joan Logue
30 SECOND SPOTS: NEW YORK
1984, 14:45 minutes, video, color, sound. Courtesy of EAI

Steina and Woody Vasulka
DON CHERRY
1970, 19:20 minutes, video. Courtesy of EAI

Paul Clipson
LIGHT YEAR
2013, 10 minutes, 16mm, color, sound. Music by Tashi Wada featuring cellists Charles Curtis and Judith Hamann. Courtesy of Canyon Cinema.

Abigail Child
MERCY
1989, 10 minutes, 16mm, color, sound. Featuring vocals by Shelley Hirsch. Courtesy of Canyon Cinema.

Robert Fenz
VERTICAL AIR1996, 28 minutes, 16mm, black and white, sound. Score composed and performed by Wadada Leo Smith.