Anemic Cinema

Acclaimed contemporary music ensemble Stroma showcase a series of silent, avant-garde films, featuring new scores by film composers David Long (The Labcoats, Six Volts); and Andrew Faleatua, plus compositions by Yannis Kyriakides, Feona Lee Jones, Iris ter Schiphorst, and Olga Neuwirth.

FILMS / MUSIC
Tusalava (Len Lye). Music premiere by Andrew Faleatua.
Fish, Moon (David Downes). Music premiere by David Long.
Anémic Cinéma (Marcel Duchamp). Music by Yannis Kyriakides.
Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren). Music by Feona Lee Jones: String Quartet No. 2 “Adrenaline" .
Un Chien Andalou (Salvador Dali). Music by Iris ter Schiphorst. Rated 🅜 – contains frightening and intense scenes.
Symphonie Diagonale (Viking Eggeling). Music by Olga Neuwirth.

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SPECIAL CREDITS
Len Lye. Tusalava, 1929 (stills). 10’, 35mm, b&w, silent. Courtesy of the Len Lye Foundation, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre. Digital version from material preserved and made available by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.