About Wave Farm
Audio Verite + New York Street Scenes and Noises
Feb 02, 2006: 8pm- 11:59 pm
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue (at Second Street) | New York, NY | 212-505-5181
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
"AUDIO VERITE is a new series devoted to sonic cinema, imageless narratives
and rarely-if-ever heard recordings. Each program will highlight the aural
works of artists who are perhaps more recognized as moving
film/video-makers. We will also periodically dip into our own collection of
old tapes to unveil a well-documented history of lectures, broadcasts,
debates, performances and audio ephemera. Tonights program features one of
the most sublime sound films ever produced with the equally transcendent Ken
Jacobs. A perfect pairing to say the least."
NEW YORK STREET SCENES AND NOISES
35mm, 1929. Courtesy the University of South Carolina Newsfilm Archive.
In November 1929, scientists from Bell Laboratories gathered reporters and cameras at 47th & Broadway to demonstrate their "traveling noise laboratory," an odd combination of phonograph, microphones and meters used for the city's Noise Abatement Commission. Although Dr. R. H. Galt asserts before the Movietone mic that "the noise in Times Square deprives us of 42% of our hearing," the camera crew then travel through the mesmeric audio mix that Manhattan heard a month after the Wall Street crash. A ride past Broadway's Strand and Embassy theaters cuts to an uninterrupted reel of synch-sound images taken from atop a van driving slowly down Cortlandt Street. Amid steam shovels, street cars and elevated trains we hear fragments of recorded music and voices wafting into the street from the many shops lining "Radio Row." You will not believe your ears. Professor Dan Streible will be with us to say a word or two...
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Ken Jacobs
Widely celebrated for his mastery of the moving image, Jacobs audio works are a lesser known yet equally alluring aspect of his prodigious output. These pieces havent been heard in years, and many were never performed in New York City. The will include:
PHONOGRAPH
"The most ferocious piece of music I ever heard." - John Zorn
CONSTELLATIONS
Ken speaks to the audience in complete darkness, asking that they feel their stomachs gurgling.
And more....
35mm, 1929. Courtesy the University of South Carolina Newsfilm Archive.
In November 1929, scientists from Bell Laboratories gathered reporters and cameras at 47th & Broadway to demonstrate their "traveling noise laboratory," an odd combination of phonograph, microphones and meters used for the city's Noise Abatement Commission. Although Dr. R. H. Galt asserts before the Movietone mic that "the noise in Times Square deprives us of 42% of our hearing," the camera crew then travel through the mesmeric audio mix that Manhattan heard a month after the Wall Street crash. A ride past Broadway's Strand and Embassy theaters cuts to an uninterrupted reel of synch-sound images taken from atop a van driving slowly down Cortlandt Street. Amid steam shovels, street cars and elevated trains we hear fragments of recorded music and voices wafting into the street from the many shops lining "Radio Row." You will not believe your ears. Professor Dan Streible will be with us to say a word or two...
+
Ken Jacobs
Widely celebrated for his mastery of the moving image, Jacobs audio works are a lesser known yet equally alluring aspect of his prodigious output. These pieces havent been heard in years, and many were never performed in New York City. The will include:
PHONOGRAPH
"The most ferocious piece of music I ever heard." - John Zorn
CONSTELLATIONS
Ken speaks to the audience in complete darkness, asking that they feel their stomachs gurgling.
And more....