Evento

VOICE PORTRAITS: POETRY AND FILM OF MARCUS BERGNER & MYRIAM VAN IMSCHOOT

Spectacle Theatre and Sarma join forces to present an evening that pairs screenings with live performance by Marcus Bergner (Australia) and Myriam Van Imschoot (Belgium). Vocal tangents and aberrant hosannas combine within sound poetry, experimental film and various forms of portraiture. In addition to films both digital and 16mm, Marcus Bergner and Myriam Van Imschoot will perform the sound poetry piece Schloss Songs.

This event is also the launch of Family Mafia, a voice portrait by Alessandro Bosetti of his friends Michelle Nagai, Kenta Nagai, DD Dorvillier and Sebastien Roux. The evening will launch the new online audio- publication within the Sarma series Volume SP: Family Mafia. This new online publication features within the sound poetry series Volume SP on Oral Site and is launched with a live performance by special guest Michelle Nagai.

With thanks to Sarma/Oral Site for support, Joel Schlemowitz and Eric de Kuyper.

YODEL PORTRAIT DOREEN KUTZKE
Dir. Myriam Van Imschoot, 2015.
27 min.
In German with English subtitles.

In this portrait of Berlin based yodel queen Doreen Kutzke, yodel is a missile that can propel its charm beyond barriers, iron curtains and cultural stereotypes.

BOB BROWN
Dir. Marcus Bergner, 1982.
5 min.

Homage to this maverick American writer who lived in Paris during the 20s and 30s, Brown was the inventor of the original reading machine and published a collection of unique optical poems.

MUSICAL THREE LETTERS
Dir. Marcus Bergner 1989.
5 min.

A push and pull filmic puzzle using handwritten argot and found footage from 1930s Mexican musical.

THREAD OF VOICE
Dir. Marisa Stirpe, Frank Lovece, Michael Buckley and Marcus Bergner, 1993.
19mins.

Experimental documentary and self-portrait by the Australian sound poetry group Arf Arf.