Sonic Youth on Film

Moshe · 11.07.2006, 12:45 AM

http://www.stopandpause.com/2006/10/...h-on-film.html

Sonic Youth on Film

Wednesday, November 8th
@ Holocene
1001 SE Morrison
8 pm
$5

The Cinema of Sonic Youth

(stop-and-pause)is proud to present 2 rare pieces by filmmaker Leah Singer & SY member Lee Ranaldo and a collection of live performance collaborations chronicled by both filmmakers along with one Fluxus homage performance film by Chris Habib.
DJ Yeti (Mike McGonigal) will spin contemporaries and influences of the band (krautrock, free jazz, avant garde compositions & NY school poetry) during the intermission part of the evening.
This screening would not be possible without the generosity of Plexifilm and the artists.

DRIFT
Leah Singer & Lee Ranaldo
58 minutes

DRIFT is a collaboration started in 1991 between visual artist Leah Singer and musician and poet Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. DRIFT is an immersive sonic/visual environment consisting of music, sounds and texts by Ranaldo in response to two 16mm analytical film projectors performed in real time by Singer. Much as a DJ scratches a vinyl record, Singer manipulates her films in a live improvisation with Ranaldo's guitar, poetry and soundscapes.

DRIFT has been performed live in museums, galleries, concert halls and performing arts centers worldwide since 1991 and was performed live in Los Angeles at the LA Museum of Contemporary Art as part of a Robert Smithson Retrospective in Oct 2004.

Lee Ranaldo is the guitarist and a founding member of the band Sonic Youth. His books of poetry and prose include JRNLS80s and Road Movies among others. Leah Singer is a visual artist and photographer and her work has been seen in print, performances and in exhibitions around the world.

DRIFT is a production of Gigantic ArtSpace.

"DRIFT flows into our nervous system along concurrent multiple streams... and reveals a complex and layered cinema." -Tom Lesser

"DRIFT manages to combine long, dreamlike sequences with a rough hyperrealism, merging a punk aesthetic with the poetics of a happening. It's an equal meeting of music, image and text: at a dirty New York street corner, in trips through the desert and the heart, freaked out LA parties and pensive bookstores. Filmic observations teamed up with wild wild music." -Roland Spekle

-- DJ Yeti

Sonic Youth Shorts
42 minutes

A selection of short films produced by the band (shot by Ranaldo & Singer), including four "noise" films: live footage of SY along with Pavement, Afrirampo, Wolf Eyes, Merzbow and others, accompanied by live or manipulated soundtracks that chronicle the immediate free form experience from the stage in Ranaldo’s immediate diarist style ; and Chris Habib's film of the band's 1999 performance of George Maciunas' "Piano Piece #13" (for Nam June Paik).

greenlight · 11.08.2006, 02:27 AM

yeah, those must be damned awesome shots, straight from the scourse.
cool.

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greenlight invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,134	yeah, those must be damned awesome shots, straight from the scourse. cool.
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Moshe Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,914	http://www.stopandpause.com/2006/10/...h-on-film.html Sonic Youth on Film Wednesday, November 8th @ Holocene 1001 SE Morrison 8 pm $5 The Cinema of Sonic Youth (stop-and-pause)is proud to present 2 rare pieces by filmmaker Leah Singer & SY member Lee Ranaldo and a collection of live performance collaborations chronicled by both filmmakers along with one Fluxus homage performance film by Chris Habib. DJ Yeti (Mike McGonigal) will spin contemporaries and influences of the band (krautrock, free jazz, avant garde compositions & NY school poetry) during the intermission part of the evening. This screening would not be possible without the generosity of Plexifilm and the artists. DRIFT Leah Singer & Lee Ranaldo 58 minutes DRIFT is a collaboration started in 1991 between visual artist Leah Singer and musician and poet Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. DRIFT is an immersive sonic/visual environment consisting of music, sounds and texts by Ranaldo in response to two 16mm analytical film projectors performed in real time by Singer. Much as a DJ scratches a vinyl record, Singer manipulates her films in a live improvisation with Ranaldo's guitar, poetry and soundscapes. DRIFT has been performed live in museums, galleries, concert halls and performing arts centers worldwide since 1991 and was performed live in Los Angeles at the LA Museum of Contemporary Art as part of a Robert Smithson Retrospective in Oct 2004. Lee Ranaldo is the guitarist and a founding member of the band Sonic Youth. His books of poetry and prose include JRNLS80s and Road Movies among others. Leah Singer is a visual artist and photographer and her work has been seen in print, performances and in exhibitions around the world. DRIFT is a production of Gigantic ArtSpace. "DRIFT flows into our nervous system along concurrent multiple streams... and reveals a complex and layered cinema." -Tom Lesser "DRIFT manages to combine long, dreamlike sequences with a rough hyperrealism, merging a punk aesthetic with the poetics of a happening. It's an equal meeting of music, image and text: at a dirty New York street corner, in trips through the desert and the heart, freaked out LA parties and pensive bookstores. Filmic observations teamed up with wild wild music." -Roland Spekle -- DJ Yeti Sonic Youth Shorts 42 minutes A selection of short films produced by the band (shot by Ranaldo & Singer), including four "noise" films: live footage of SY along with Pavement, Afrirampo, Wolf Eyes, Merzbow and others, accompanied by live or manipulated soundtracks that chronicle the immediate free form experience from the stage in Ranaldo’s immediate diarist style ; and Chris Habib's film of the band's 1999 performance of George Maciunas' "Piano Piece #13" (for Nam June Paik).
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