Music by Teiji Ito, Arvo Pärt, John Cage, Pierre Schaeffer, and Others

Film

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Poemfield No. 7. 1967-68. USA. Directed by Stan VanDerBeek. Composed by John Cage. Courtesy The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

Program 92 min.

NY, NY: A Day in New York. 1957. USA. Directed by Francis Thompson. Composed by Gene Forrell. Digitally restored by The Museum of Modern Art. 15 min.

Courtesy Light Cone.

Dwightiana. 1959. USA. Directed by Marie Menken. Composed by Teiji Ito. 16mm. 4 min.

Courtesy The Film-Makers’ Cooperative.

Étude aux allures. 1960. France. Directed by Raymond Hains. Composed by Pierre Schaeffer. DCP. 5 min.

Courtesy Institut National de l’Audiovisuel.

Labyrinth. 1962. Poland. Directed by Jan Lenica. Composed by Włodzimierz Kotoński. 35mm. 14 min.

Courtesy Studio Miniatur Filmowych.

Väike motoroller (Little Scooter). 1962. Estonia. Directed by Heino Pars. Composed by Arvo Pärt. 35mm. 10 min.

Courtesy Estonian Film Institute.

Sweet Rhythms. 1965. Poland. Directed by Kazimierz Urbanski. Composed by Krzysztof Penderecki. 35mm. 7 min.

Courtesy Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny and Studio Miniatur Filmowych.

Poemfield No. 7. 1967-68. USA. Directed by Stan VanDerBeek. Composed by John Cage. 16mm. 4 min.

Courtesy The Film-Makers’ Cooperative.

Around Perception. 1968. Canada. Directed and composed by Pierre Hébert. 21 min.

Courtesy National Film Board of Canada.

Dresden Dynamo. 1971. Great Britain. Directed and composed by Lis Rhodes. 16mm. 5 min.

Courtesy LUX.

Synchromy. 1971. Canada. Directed and composed by Norman McLaren. 16mm. 7 min.

Courtesy National Film Board of Canada.

This film accompanies Point Counterpoint: Avant-Garde Film Scores, 1955–1973.

Past events

Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 5:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 4:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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