Category Archives: Expanded Cinema

Heading to Italy/France

I am off to Italy for a few shows in Milan and Crema and then to France. I will try to update from there. Above is a beautiful flier for our first Expanded Salon show with Hiroko Komiya, Giordano Costi, and Maruska Ronchi on July 4th.

Spring in Busan preview for UNZA! Fragments Accumulate w. Hiroko Komiya

I will be screening my latest super 8 films w. Hiroko Komiya for Fragments Accumulate an expanded cinema event at Unza! in Milan on 7/3/26. Live super 8 projection w. sounds.

Here is an except from spring in Busan.

Two audiovisual shows in Italy w. Hiroko Komiya July 3rd and 4th

Fri 3 July 2026
An audiovisual concert / Milano
-Fragments Accumulate-

3 July 2026 — 21:30 (approx.)
Chris H. Lynn (objects, field recordings, piano, image & Super 8 manipulation
Hiroko Komiya (voice, objects, lap harp, zither)
Memory, sound, and image intertwine in an evolving landscape of fragments, resonance, and
transformation.
Unza!
Cortile delle Associazioni
Via Luigi Bianchi d'Espinosa 7, Milano (Niguarda)

Sat 4 July 2026
Film, Music & Movement / Crema
Expanded Salon #1
An intimate, limited-capacity living-room gathering where sound, image, and movement
converge into shifting resonances and poetic perception. Featuring performances and
interventions by Hiroko Komiya, Chris H. Lynn, Giordano Costi, and Butoh artist Maruska
Ronchi.

Super 8 film: Chris H. Lynn
Live soundscape: Giordano Costi, Chris H. Lynn, Hiroko Komiya
Movement presence: Maruska Ronchi
A subtle exploration of embodied gesture, field recordings, objects, voice, and experimental
film within an immersive domestic setting.

I will update more info soon. Very excited.

Frequency in Motion in Athens, Greece

Really looking forward to traveling to Athens, Greece to do this. More info soon

Frequency in Motion live in Barcelona

I am very happy to announce the release of Frequency live in Barcelona !

Frequency in Motion- is an Audio visual performance with Butoh dance.
Projecting Super 8mm and digital film from the fragments of landscape. Soundscape from live improvised sounds, field recordings, poems and voices. The dancers’ and the performers’ symbolic and suggestive presence, movements and shadows.

Recorded in ‘Frequency in Motion’ live performance at CC Convent De Sant Agusti 25yrs anniversary program in Barcelona, Spain on November 20,2023.

Live sound;
Chris H. Lynn ; Piano / Field Recordings / Objects
Hiroko Komiya ; Zither / Lap harp / Voice/ Objects / Field Recordings

Recorded voice & text: David Gazsi, Carla Rihl
Sound mix & Recording: Xavier Carbonell
Super 8mm film / digital film : Chris H.Lynn
Cover still from super 8mm film : Chris H.Lynn

Thanks for Butoh dancer Marlène Jöbstl and Atsushi Takenouchi !

Look for some live sounds from Mexico and Hong Kong in the future.

Bandcamp Friday!

Hello,

It is Bandcamp Friday ! Bandcamp are waiving their fees again. Have a listen and explore

https://chrishlynn.bandcamp.com/

https://lynlee.bandcamp.com/

https://verzimprint.bandcamp.com/album/configurations-with-clouds-and-sea-air

https://plustimbre.bandcamp.com/album/words-in-the-winds-sounds

https://plustimbre.bandcamp.com/album/doubting-all-things-aligned

https://zeromoon.com/album/augmented-landscapes

https://echomusicrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-old-east-coast

https://echomusicrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/remote-partings

https://amptext.bandcamp.com/album/expanded-cinema-trio

Expanded Cinema Trio live in Takoma Park, Md.

Here is a recording of the performance last thursday in Takoma Park. I always enjoy screening and performing with Gary and Dan and last week was no exception.
Fortunately, Gary managed to capture a great recording.
Look for more shows in the New Year

Here are some additional details:

Expanded Cinema is an audiovisual project combining showings of silent super 8 films by Chris Lynn with live scored and improvised sound accompaniment by Daniel Barbiero, Gary Rouzer and Lynn.
credits
released 14 December 2014

Chris Lynn – film, percussion, objects, field recording, projector
Daniel Barbiero – double bass, preparations, iPad
Gary Rouzer – cello, clarinet, objects, tapes
Pat Doyen also provided dual projection!
photo courtesy of Gary Rouzer
Enjoy!

Set up for Expanded Cinema

Early Winter Improv-Expanded Cinema in Takoma Park this Thursday! 12/11/14

This should be lots of fun-
Unedited Super 8 films shown concurrently with a structured improvisation for double bass, cello, clarinet, objects, and iPad. Daniel Barbiero (double bass & iPad), Gary Rouzer (cello, clarinet, & objects), Chris H Lynn (filmmaker & objects).

Pat Doyen is projecting and will also be screening two of here films from Louisiana on Super 8 film!

11 December at 7:30 PM. 7500 Maple Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912, USA

http://danielbarbiero.wordpress.com/
https://amptext.wordpress.com/

Expanded Cinema in Takoma Park, Md on 12/11/14

At this live experimental cinema and sound event, filmmakers and sound artists collaborate to create a new audiovisual experience. The evening features unedited Super 8 films shot by Chris H. Lynn accompanied by a live improvised score from Daniel Barbiero, Gary Rouzer, and Chris H. Lynn. The score will include double bass, clarinet, cello, objects, and various sound sources. The rhythm of the projector and the internal tempo of the shots will also contribute to the audiovisual experience.

Suggested $10 donation.

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This event is part of the City of Takoma Park’s “We Are Takoma” series. We Are Takoma offers a range of programming featuring the talents of local, regional and international performers. The series provides the community with an affordable cultural experience and an opportunity to engage with performers. Events include monthly poetry readings, an ongoing film series, art openings, concerts, dance performances, and more, much more.