Sound & Lecture N° 25: Film – Sound – Improvisation

Name: Sound & Lecture N° 25: Film – Sound – Improvisation
Start: 2025-01-31T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Zossener Straße 24, 10961

Schedule

Fri, 31 Jan, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Zossener Straße 24, 10961 | Berlin, BE

Opening event for the following Symposium »Filming Improvisation – Improvising with Film« on 1/2 February
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• Talk in English
Guest: Eunice Martins
Moderation: Mathias Maschat
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• Music for experimental silent films
Eunice Martins (BE/DE): piano
Sofia Borges (PT/DE): percussion
Caroline Cecilia Tallone (CH/DE): hurdy-gurdy
Eric Wong (US/HK/DE): guitar, electronics
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Films:
– Eugene Deslaw: La Marche des machines, 1928, 9 min
– Lea Giunchi Guillaume: Lea ed il gomitolo (Lea and the Ball of Wool), 1913, 5 min
– Hans Richter: Rhythmus 21, 1921, 3 min
– Germaine Dulac: Etude cinégraphique sur une Arabesque, 1929, 7 min
– Patrice Kirchhofer: Chromaticité, 1977, 11 min
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Start at 7 pm with a soundwalk by Thomas Gerwin
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Read all in German: exploratorium-berlin.de/events/buehne/sal-25-film-sound-improvisation
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Link to our Symposium: exploratorium-berlin.de/en/events/think/symposium-filming-improvisation
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Details:
– Admission: 15/12/6 € (normal/reduced price/Berlin-Pass)
– The box office opens at 19:30. Please pay in cash; card payment is not possible.
– Access: Entrance G (Restaurant)

– Livestream on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/exploratoriumberlin
> The films cannot be shown due to copyright restrictions.
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The era of silent film was also an era of musical improvisation to accompany films. This began in 1895 with the first public film screening in which live sounds and music played an integral role. Pianists and orchestral musicians used their skills to emphasise the moods and emotions of the scenes, usually without fixed scores. Improvisation made it possible to react flexibly to the developing plot and support the film dynamically. With the introduction of experimental silent films, which often featured unconventional narratives and visual styles, the importance of improvisational accompaniment increased even further.
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As a prelude to the Symposium »Filming Improvisation – Improvising with Film«, the internationally sought-after silent film pianist Eunice Martins has put together a film programme as well as a quartet. For »Sound & Lecture N° 25: Film – Sound – Improvisation«, Eunice Martins will be joined by percussionist Sofia Borges, hurdy-gurdy player Caroline Cecilia Tallone and guitarist Eric Wong, with whom she will improvise to a total of five experimental silent films.
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Films from the 1910s to 1920s by Eugene Deslaw, Lea Giunchi Guillaume, Hans Richter and Germaine Dulac will be shown, as well as a film by Patrice Kirchhofer from 1977. Afterwards, she will discuss her artistic work and the special combination of improvised sound and moving images, together with host Mathias Maschat.
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Photo: Filmstill aus »Patrice Kirchhofer: Chromaticité« (1977) | © lightcone.org