Variable Area: Hearing and Seeing Sound, 1966-78

Live performance! Guests in person!
Variable Area: Hearing and Seeing Sound, 1966-78
1966-78, Various artists, USA, ca. 65 min.

Experimental Sound Studio's Outer Ear Festival of Sound and CATE team up once again to present films that investigate the visual and aural possibilities of 16mm optical audio, as sounds perform images and images become sonic scores. Including works by Peter Kubelka, Chris Langdon, Robert Russett, Paul Sharits, Barry Spinello, and a live accompaniment by musicians Art Lange, Guillermo Gregorio, and Brian Labycz to Richard Lerman's SECTIONS FOR SCREEN, PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCE (1974), this program examines the relationship of avant-garde cinema to avant-garde music. Curated by SAIC faculty member Michelle Puetz in collaboration with Experimental Sound Studio founder and director Lou Mallozzi. Co-presented by Experimental Sound Studio. The Outer Ear Festival of Sound (November 3-22, 2009) is the only comprehensive interdisciplinary sonic arts festival in the Midwest. Various video formats. (Michelle Puetz)