Sound of Silent Film Review

            

Sound of Silent Film; Access Contemporary Music and Palomar Ensemble.

        

The Sound of Silent Film took place March 19 at The Architectural Center in Ravenswood. For those who are not familiar with ACM they are an organization founded by Seth Bousted. He is a Chicago based composer. They have an establishment in Ravenswood it is both a music school and a school of composition. The film showed was based on the architect Gaudi (1984) by director Hiroshi Teshigahara. Gaudi was born in Resu, Catalonia Spain he was born to a middle class family and he constructed some of the most beautiful and artistic buildings. He died before he could ever finish is church, through his sickness he became a very religious man and repented for everything throughout his last days. New technology has figured his sketches and his church should be finished by the end of 2015.

The music was the main event though. A totally new and different score by Liza White, Patricia Morehead,Lawrence Axelrod, and Ryan Ingebritsen. This event was very phenomenal overall the compositions fit in perfect with the images. The shots of the film transported you the actual landscapes, it was like a lucid dream. The most memorable  part was the improvisation of the sound guy he made a sound wave move across the room in the spark of the moment Ifelt it all around me and i was quite impressed.

Overall it was a wonderful performance you felt as if you were sightseeing and you were being followed by a mini ensemble.  Their is one final performance which i will keep you guys updated on.