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Tate Modern Film

Found: new restorations and discoveries from Center for Visual Music

26 September 2013 at 20.00–22.00
The Sun Film by John Cage/Richard Lippold

The Sun Film by John Cage/Richard Lippold

Courtesy Center for Visual Music

The Sun Film by John Cage/Richard Lippold

The Sun Film by John Cage/Richard Lippold

John Cage/Richard Lippold, Still from The Sun Film

John Cage/Richard Lippold, Still from The Sun Film

Jud Yalkut Still from Turn, Turn, Turn

Jud Yalkut Still from Turn, Turn, Turn

Jordan Belson Still from Quartet, unfinished film

Jordan Belson Still from Quartet, unfinished film

Oskar Fischinger Ornament Sound

Oskar Fischinger Ornament Sound

Oskar Fischinger Still from Spirals

Oskar Fischinger Still from Spirals

Oskar Fischinger Still from Studie nr 5

Oskar Fischinger Still from Studie nr 5

From absolute film to psychedelia, a programme of revelatory moments from the history of visual music and kinetic art. This selection explores lost, legendary and rare treasures found in the archives of Center for Visual Music (CVM). Featuring rare works by Jordan Belson, including two unreleased films, the unfinished Quartet and the premiere of the restoration of the infamous LSD, plus a reel from the legendary San Francisco Vortex Concerts (1957–9), and the rarely screened Bopscotch.  Oskar Fischinger’s early films Spirals and Ornament Sound and Charles Dockum’s Mobilcolor Performance, a later color-light projection composition, provide insights into the history of kinetic art and synthetic sound as does the UK premiere of the lost John Cage and Richard Lippold film of The Sun, a kinetic art sculpture. In memory of Jud Yalkut (1938–2013), a new preserved print of Turn, Turn, Turn, 'a kinetic alchemy of the light and electronic works of Nicolas Schoffer, Julio Le Parc, USCO, and Nam June Paik' with sound by USCO.

The programme, featuring many new preserved 16mm and 35mm prints, is introduced by archivist/curator Cindy Keefer of CVM.

Spirals, Oskar Fischinger, Germany,  c.1926, 35mm, black and white, silent, 3 min

Studie nr 5, Oskar Fischinger, Germany, 1930, 35mm, black and white, sound, 3 min

Ornament Sound, Oskar Fischinger, Germany, c.1932, 35mm, black and white, sound, 2 min

Bopscotch, Jordan Belson, USA, 1952, 16mm, colour, sound, 4 min

Vortex 5 presentation reel, Jordan Belson, USA, 1959, 16mm, black and white, silent, 7 min

LSD, Jordan Belson, USA, c.1962, 16mm, colour, sound, c.5 min

Turn, Turn, Turn, Jud Yalkut, USA, 1966, 16mm, colour, sound, 10 min

The Sun Film, John Cage & Richard Lippold, USA, 1956, 16mm, colour, silent, c.6 min

The Sun, Variations within a Sphere No. 10 [documentation], John Cage & Richard Lippold, USA, 1956, 16mm, colour, silent, c.7 min

Mobilcolor Performance film, Charles Dockum, USA, 1970, 16mm, colour, silent, 11 min

Quartet (unfinished), Jordan Belson, USA, c.1983, 16mm film transferred to HD, colour, silent, 10 min

Programme duration 70 min

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