OtherFilm presents: The Early Films of Phill Niblock

Wednesday July 16^th, Brisbane, Australia, State Library of Queensland, Auditorium 2
6.30pm sharp FREE!

Six 16mm sound films, made in the late 1960’s by an American master of minimalist composition / compostion and radical audiovisuality…

Morning (1966-69) 17 minutes.

Directed by Phill Niblock, from an idea by Phill Niblock and Jean Claude Van Itallie. with members of the Open Theater group
The Magic Sun (1966 - 68) 17 Minutes.

Filmed by Phill Niblock, with and of members of the Sun Ra Arkestra

Dog Track (1969) 8 minutes.

A film by Phill Niblock, with a found text read by Barbara Porte.
Annie (1968) 8 minutes.

A film by Phill Niblock, a portrait of the dancer Ann Danoff, with a sound collage
Max (1966 - 68) 7 minutes.

Filmed by Phill Niblock, edited by David Gearey.
An image collage film / portrait of legendary avantgarde percussionist Max Neuhaus (performing Cage, Stockhausen, Feldman etc)
Raoul (1968 - 69) 20 minutes.

A film by Phill Niblock. A portrait of the painter Raoul Middleman, with extensive use of time-lapse film technique. The sound track is improvised by Raoul Middleman and Phill Niblock.

+ immediately later on that same evening…

Exoteric Glee Club #5
Wednesday July 16^th, 8pm-11pm
Globe Theatre, 220 Brunswick St. Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, $6

Brain damaged improvisation, thoroughly planned unpredictable predictable,
homemade and industrial, noise, pop, comedy, action, images, and TAD

With country superstar Jackie Marshall, the openended openminded Mute Canary Collective, plus more experimental Films and Videos curated by Cait Foran…

ALSO the next day (being Thursday…..

The Sounds of Colours – Australian Visual Music talk at the Brisbane Institute of Modern Art, ‘openlate’ session

17 July 2008 Thursday, 6:00 pm, FREE

A sneak peek at some of the most exciting experiments in sound and image by pioneering and contemporary filmmakers: OtherFilm’s Danni Zuvela gives an illustrated survey on Australian ‘visual music’ films.