Avon screening tonight (Thurs) at 7 pm! (come early!)
The avon has a special screening tonight at 7:00 pm. It is a 1927 German animated (silent) film called Prince Achmed, inspired by the Arabian Nights, and done in Turkish shadow puppet style. It will be accompanied by live music from the Silk Road Ensemble, which is a pet-project of Yo Yo Ma, and combines styles from the entire silk road stretching from Europe to China. They are amazing - summmer of 2005 I edited a video about their visit to RISD which had taken place in the fall, during which they put on some live performances that included an improvised video "conductor" system - it was pretty cool, and the link to that video and explanation is here:
Media Conductor
So now they are back visiting RISD for the time being, and this is one of their public performances. Promises to be GREAT. Please come (I hope we can put off the meeting until later - sorry Alex), its a once in a great while opportunity to see silent film with live music, especially this kind of music. I get out of class today at 6:20, and will head directly to the Avon, because I bet the line will be long already by that time.
Avon's Now Playing
Media Conductor
So now they are back visiting RISD for the time being, and this is one of their public performances. Promises to be GREAT. Please come (I hope we can put off the meeting until later - sorry Alex), its a once in a great while opportunity to see silent film with live music, especially this kind of music. I get out of class today at 6:20, and will head directly to the Avon, because I bet the line will be long already by that time.
Avon's Now Playing
posted by Sturgeon General at 2:54 PM
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I hadn't actually watched this video before, the editing is spectacular. the performance itself reminds me a bit of nam june paik's global groove, with reference to the tv-cellos in that piece and how charlotte moorman (cellist/performance artist) interacts with them. come to think of it, wouldn't it be fabulous if nam june paik and yo-yo ma/the silk road ensemble teamed up somehow? i'm getting giddy just thinking about it...
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