TEXT OF LIGHT WITH LáSZLó MOHOLY-NAGY
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Jan 12
7:30pm
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Text of Light explores . . . spaces-the area between sound and picture, and between finished work and live improvisation-as well as the infinite ways those elements can interact. -Marc Masters, The Wire
The band Text of Light creates a soundscape to images by László Moholy-Nagy, including his color slides and the abstract film Light Play: Black-White-Gray (1930), a gripping example of the artist's subtle and forward-thinking style. Led by Sonic Youth founding member Lee Ranaldo and guitarist/composer Alan Licht, Text of Light improvises music to the films of avant-garde filmmakers including Stan Brakhage, whose film The Text of Light was both the group's namesake and its premiere performance. Guest artist Leah Singer will project selections of her filmwork specifically chosen to complement Moholy-Nagy's visual vocabulary. Percussionist Tim Barnes joins Ranaldo and Licht for this performance. Text of Light performs in conjunction with the exhibition Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World.
Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World will remain on view through January 21, 2007. The exhibition was organized by Tate Modern, London, in association with the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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