The shore, the trees, the light: The films of Chris H. Lynn at Tanami Theater on 4/16/25

I am really excited to have a screening in Kumano, Japan. This program focuses more on the Chesapeake Bay area films. There will be a discussion and dinner after the event.

1. From Chance to Deal is a journey through Chance and Deal Islands located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Primarily a landscape work, each passage highlights the audiovisual rhythms of land, light and seascapes during the months of June to October.

2. The Light of Early Spring is a color super 8 film from the Journal of Drifting Hours series. The last three images were filmed at Rachel Carson’s home in Silver Spring, Md.

Rachel Carson was an author whose writings contributed to the global environmentalist movement.

The Journal series: Drifting moments, lyrical passages, memory impulses, landscape studies and visual notations explored on super 8 film

3. Avenue of Olive Trees is a b/w super 8 film recorded in Antibes, France during the summer of 2024.

These olive trees go back centuries and I wanted to highlight their timelessness, their serenity, but also their fragility, especially now.

I will provide the Japanese version soon and link to the place.

Beyond Encounters #18 Tracklist and archive

  1. .pä en spirale
  2. john grzinich atmospheric conditions
  3. Rooftop Athens (new)
  4. Deer Lake (different mix)
  5. Coaster to Oceanside (different mix)
  6. Chesapeake in January (new)
  7. Improv Piano recorded in Nanjing (unreleased)
  8. Improv Piano Rockville (unreleased)
  9. Duno dogs and church bell, Italy (Hiroko Komiya)
  10. Near the Acropolis (new)
  11. Near the grave of Theo Angelopoulos on a cold day in February (new)
  12. hands and sky (working title, new)

 A warm thanks to pä, john and hiroko for letting me play their wonderful tracks Seek out the new releases of pä and john grzinich, follow the links above.
 

 

 

Frequency at Revma in Athens, Greece

Frequency in Motion made its way to Revma in Athens, Greece on a cold February night. This was a beautiful and intense performance with a very large, receptive crowd. Each show is different and this one was no exception. There were four dancers, and an additional guitarist. Sounds, images, dancers, and two small installations provided quite a challenge during rehearsals, but we managed and it really paid off. Similar to Mexico, we had two projectors in dialogue, while the dancers moved from one space to another, each with their own story. Many of our sounds were new, and I was able to play an electric piano occasionally. Before the show, we had a Tale of Two Bays playing while the dancers slowly set the tone. This was a beautiful moment because I could really feel the sounds in a physical way and see what Atsushi, Emilia, Vicky, and Neli were creating while the audience wandered in. Like all the other shows, we have plenty of pics, some videos and a recording of the performance. Another very special collaboration. After the event, lots of discussion and ideas. Here is one text, Neli received the next day:

What we saw on Monday evening on the first floor of 8 Servion was
an addictive vortex with centripetal force
Dionysus and Susanoo
an antipodal connection of the post-human
a silent question to Aeschylus
a contemplation on the slowness of movement
a silent scream in the infinitive of time
a collective transition to the unmapped

Thank you Athens, Revma and Butoh dancers-performers : Atsushi Takenouchi, Emilia Bouriti, Vicky Filipa, Neli Poulopoulou and Guitarist: Aleksandros Mitros and Hiroko 🙂

Other observations:

Nearly a full moon-

Unusually Cold weather in Athens

Athens is a city of Cats

Photo: Dancer Vicky Filipa