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TEXT OF LIGHT
Lee Ranaldo Alan Licht Ulrich Krieger et al
The Text of Light
group was formed in 1999 with the idea to perform improvised music to the films
of Stan Brakhage and other members of the American Cinema avante garde of the
1950s-60s (Brakhage’s film 'The Text of Light' was the premiere performance and
namesake of the group). The original premise was to improvise (not 'illustrate')
to films from the American Avante-Garde (50s-60s etc), an under-known period of
American filmic poetics.
Members of the group include Lee Ranaldo and Alan Licht
(gtrs/devices), Christian Marclay and DJ Olive (turntables), William Hooker
(drums/perc), Ulrich Krieger (sax/electronics), and most recently Tim Barnes
(drums/perc). Various combinations of these players attend 'Text' gigs,
depending on individual schedules, so the group takes on various
permutations---sometimes all members participate, sometimes not.
To date the group has performed with the following
films: Brakhage’s The Text of Light, Dog Star Man, Anticipation of the Night,
Songs; Harry Smith’s Mahagonny outtakes, Oz-The Approach to the Emerald City,
and Late Superimpositions. The group has headlined the Victoriaville Music
Festival, Canada (2002); Three Rivers Film Festival, Pittsburgh; Walker Art
Center, Minneapolis; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; and have done several tours
of Europe as well as performing in New York City and other USA club and cinema
venues.
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