Free Silent Film Screening (Back to events)
- Sat, Sep 6th 2008, 8:30pm
- Located at : Porter and Niagara Street, Buffalo NY
Tonight, local musician Don Metz will perform a score for 4 guitars to both classic and new experimental and avant-garde shorts by international and local artists. Metz's score utilizes guitars in a variety of ways from melodic to percussive. This screening will take place in Columbus Park (Corner of Porter and Niagara St), with a rain location of Squeaky Wheel.
Classic films include Anemic Cinema by Marcel Duchamp and L'Etoile de Mer by Man Ray. New experimental films by national filmmakers Nicole Rademacher, Angeles Cossio, Karen Brummond, Henry Gwiazda, Jon Monaghan, Sang Um Nam, John Larsen, Adam Paradis and Cara Marisa Deleon feature 3d and stop-motion animations, digital poetry, abstract video collages and hand-made film techniques.
Also featured at this event are local filmmakers Courtney Grim and Michael Lent. Courtney's film Wine-oh features film soaked for a year in red wine. Michael Lent's Number 2 and Oklahoma is OK are abstract video collages of video from a road trip across the United States.
Image: still from L'Etoile de Mer
September 6, 8:30PM; FREE
Columbus Park
