This music performance features SoCal hip hop, electronic and noise artists creating and performing live original scores to some of the earliest films of the avant-garde.
ABOUT THE FILMS MCLAURIN IS LIVE SCORING:
Paul Strand & Charles Sheeler - “Manhatta” (1921)
“Manhatta” documents the look of early 20th-century Manhattan. With the city as subject, the film consists of 65 shots sequenced in a loose non-narrative structure, beginning with the Staten Island ferry approaching Manhattan and ending with a sunset view from a skyscraper. It is considered by some to be the first American avant-garde film.
Ralph Steiner - “H20” (1929)
Ralph Steiner was an American photographer, pioneer documentarian, and a key figure among avant-garde filmmakers in the 1930s. “H2O” (1929) is a cinepoem showing water in its many forms.
Hans Richter - “Rhythmus 21” (1921)
Hans Richter, a German avant-garde artist who had contacts with “Der Blaue Reiter,” Cubism, and Dada movements, was an early experimenter in abstract filming.
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Highways
Events Venue
1651 18th St.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
January 21, 2023, 10:00 - 11:15 PM PST