CINEMA AURICULAR

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Barbican Pit Theatre ­ Saturday 13 October 2001 ­ 3pm

Sounds emanating from the early electro-acoustic studios and the primitive / pioneering synthesisers of Robert Moog and Don Buchla. An informal film screening punctuated by recordings of scarce and wonderful electronic music through the ages played by Mark Webber and Gregory Kurcewicz. Including Mick Jagger's mind-bending score for Kenneth Anger's "Invocation of My Demon Brother" and rare recordings of Varese and Ussachevsky.

REFLECTIONS Wiliam Pye, UK, 1972, colour, sound, 17m
BALCONIES ONE David Ringo, USA, c.1968, b/w, sound, 6m [Edgar Varese]
APHRODISIAC I Ian Hugo, USA, 1971, colour, sound, 6m [David Horowicz]
HEAVY-LIGHT Adam Beckett, USA, 1973, colour, sound, 7m [Barry Schrader]
SPECIAL EFFECTS (HAPAX LEGOMENA VII) Hollis Frampton. USA, 1972, b/w, sound, 11m [Don Buchla & Victor Grauer]
TWO IMAGES FOR A COMPUTER PIECE (WITH INTERLUDE) Lloyd Williams, USA, 1970, b/w, sound, 10m [Vladimir Ussachevsky]
THERMOGENESIS Ed Emshwiller, USA, 1972, colour, sound, 12m [Robert Moog & Jeff Slotnik]
ATMOSFEAR Tom De Witt, USA, 1966, colour, sound, 6m)
INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER Kenneth Anger, USA, 1969, colour, sound, 11m  [Mick Jagger]
SYNCHROMY Norman McLaren, Canada, 1971, colour, sound, 7m 
MIGRATION David Rimmer, Canada, 1969, colour, sound, 12m [Phil Werren]

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