film
The visual accompaniment to what xkl does...composing original scores to culturally significant silent films in the public domain, to be performed live. Current project: creating original scores to three films by Maya Deren; a new score to Entr'acte, Rene Clair's 1924 Dadaist film featuring appearances by Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray; and scores to two animations by Walter Ruttmann. Learn more...
The Maya Deren Project
Original scores to three Maya Deren films (Meshes of the Afternoon; At Land; Ritual in Transfigured Time).
Performance dates for 2025 TBA.
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intermission
Edited imagery from Rene Clair's Entr'Acte. An abbreviated version of the full-length film with score.
Film obtained through archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/ArteReneClairwFrancisPicabiaErikSatieEntracte1924
orbiter
Video clips of europe by xkl, with the exception of a few royalty-free fillers.
Short snippets of our music, paired with public domain visuals...
Snippet of xkl's "schiele" paired with segment of Filmstudie (1926) by German Dada artist Hans Richter.
Film obtained through archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/Filmstudie1925
Snippet of xkl's "unguided" paired with segment of Dadaist film.
Film obtained through archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/Original_Desire_Remix_For_DADA_Anthology
Snippet of xkl's "lichtspiel" paired with segment of Lichtspiel Opus III (1924) by German experimental filmmaker Walter Ruttman.
Film obtained through archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/LichtspielOpusIII