Science Art Cinema #3: Experiment at PAMM
Miami, FL – May 5, 2016 – Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science invited art aficionados, film lovers and science enthusiasts to the third Science Art Cinema, a performance event series supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation,at the science museum’s future Museum Park neighbor, Pérez Art Museum Miami. The evening featured a series of 16mm films enhanced by an informal presentation and music accompaniment. The evening’s special program featured a series of short experimental films by one of the most significant figures of 20th century avant-garde cinema, Stan Brakhage, including “I…Dreaming,” “Marilyn’s Window,” “Babylon Series,” “Agnus Dei Kider Synapse,” “Naughts,” and “Boulder Blues and Pearls and….” Science Art Cinema 3: Experiment was be complemented by an introduction to experimental cinema by Dr. Tony Allegro, professor at the University of Miami’s School of Communication, who will discuss the artistry of Stan Brakhage and his innovative use of the science of light and chemistry. Composer and artist, Gustavo Matamoros enriched the programming with musical entr’actes inspired by the rhythms and motion prominent in Brakhage’s work.