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Re: loops for film/theatre
That sounds wonderful.
On Nov 23, 2004, at 9:23 AM, steve.sandberg wrote:
> I've played looping music with live films several times --
> my favorite was a performance in a garden in the east village in nyc,
> where
> a projectionist projected a 16mm black and white film on me (I was
> wearing a
> white shirt, and the projection covered my shirt and face, and spilled
> out
> to the environment behind me) while I played.
> the film was a short film someone filmed in NYC I think maybe in the
> 1930s
> or 1940s -- I don't even know its title, but someone basically filmed
> people
> (mostly children) in the street. Kids dancing, people leaning out of
> the
> windows smoking cigarettes -- it was perfect for looping, and very
> magical
> because of the combination of intimacy (lots of closeup face
> photography)
> and history. And I'm a big fan of black and white . . .
>
>