Silent Movie Soundtracks

This winter, we’re excited to launch a new film & music series entitled Silent Movie Soundtracks. In collaboration with Detroit art collectives Mirrored Glass and Nova24, Silent Movie Soundtracks pairs 20th century silent films with new improvised scores performed live to the screening by Detroit-based artists.

Film curator Emmy Perryman selected a variety of films to share with 4 Detroit-based artist composers—pianist Rob Nash, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Na Bonsai, electronic duo Taqsim (Layan Srour & Yvonne Pruneau) and harpist Ackeem Salmon.

Each artist chose a film or pair of short films and is in the process of preparing a musical accompaniment to each.

• 12/18: Rob Nash will take on Harold Lloyd’s iconic “Safety Last,” a worthy, stunt-filled classic from 1923. 
• 1/15: Taqsim re-scores 2 short films, the surrealist “Meshes of the Afternoon” and animated work “Is It Always Right to Be Right?” 
• 2/12: Na Bonsai and video artist Kris McKinney re-treat the 1926 heist film “The Flying Ace.”

• 3/12: Ackeem Salmon uses harp to wrap Charlie Chaplin’s “The Immigrant” and Buster Keaton’s “The Electric House” in new sonic dimensions.

We're thrilled to kick off Year 2 of our winter film series, and to be collaborating with so many talented music-makers and storytellers! Don't miss Silent Movie Soundtracks! Advance tickets will be available at the link in our bio and we recommend grabbing some as space for these shows will be quite limited. Admission to each screening will be $10 at the door, or you can reserve space for all 4 for $30.

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