Thu 2/13 @ 7PM
Alexis Gideon calls his 2012 work Video Musics III: Floating Oceans a “stop-motion animation video opera based on the works of the early 20th century Irish writer Lord Dunsany, and inspired by the time and dream experiments of the Irish physicist John William Dunne,” and says it “contrasts the vivid dreams of its poet-protagonist with the foreboding routine of pedestrian life.”
As its title indicates, it’s the third in a series of such works that interact at screenings a live musical score written and performed by Gideon who sings the words the characters’ mouths are forming.
Gideon’s orientation is musical: his degree is in musical composition and performance, and he studied under jazz legend, multi-instrumentalist and composer Anthony Braxton. But his use of mixed media techniques allows him to expand his exploration of the folk myths and folk ballads that interest him.
He’ll be screening and performing the 38-minute piece at MOCA.
Admission is free and open to all.