Music for Silent Films: Meshes of the Afternoon and Chumlum

Filmmaker Maya Deren

MUSIC FOR SILENT FILMS: MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON AND CHUMLUM
Sunday, March 24, 2013
7:30 p.m.
Admission: $10
FrenetiCore Dance Theater
5102 Navigation Blvd
Houston, TX 77011
(832) 877-7838
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) by Maya Deren
Chumlum (1964)
Original music realized and performed by:
Chris Becker – Laptop, Kaoss Pad
Richard Cholakian – Drums, Percussion
SPIKE the Percussionist – Drums, Percussion, and Electronics

In this special edition of Music For Silent Films, laptop musician Chris Becker teams up with percussionist, electronic and noiz artist SPIKE the Percussionist and jazz/blues/free improv drummer extraordinaire Richard Cholakian. The trio will perform LIVE to two groundbreaking films of the avant-garde, Maya Deren's surreal and violent Meshes of the Afternoon and Ron Rice's orgiastic homage to the late great Jack Smith Chumlum. Both films will be screened in 16mm format.

The music will blend improvisatory with composed elements, as Becker and SPIKE have both chosen to create templates that will guide the sonics accompanying each film. The instrumentation will include drums, more drums, and still more drums, tabletop electronics, laptop computer, and two Kaoss pads.