On October 14, see a screening of Bill Morrison's adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with Dave Douglas & Keystone performing the soundtrack live.
This rare performance is part of the Museum of Modern Art's current exhibition on Bill Morrison. The retrospective, Bill Morrison: Compositions, runs from October 14 to November 21 and features several of his recent collaborations. "Spark of Being", created in 2010 as part of a joint residency at Stanford University, makes use of Frank Hurley's footage of Ernest Shackleton’s fated Antarctic expedition, as well as found footage from a variety of other sources.
See MoMA's full schedule here and get tickets and info for "Spark of Being" here.
Spark Of Being is a new film by Bill Morrison featuring an original soundtrack by Dave Douglas and Keystone.
Two master innovators—jazz trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas and experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison—draw on the unique resources of Stanford University to create Spark of Being, a monumental work combining the screening of film with live musical performance (by Douglas’ electric band Keystone).
Spark Of Being is a three-part release. Soundtrack, Expand, and Burst. All available via greenleafmusic.com.