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The Maya Deren Project with Live Score by Ten Thousand Lakes

MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943, 14m) dir Maya Deren. Preceded by the short films At Land (1944, 15m), The Very Eye of Night (1955, 15m) and Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946, 15m). Meshes is one of the cornerstones of Avant-garde cinema and is ranked as the 16th best film of all time by the BFI. This shorts program, based on the celebrated work of Deren, is a collection of innovative films that delve into dream imagery and non-linear narrative. All films with live accompaniment by Ten Thousand Lakes. (NR, 75 min.)

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Sunday, June 29, 2025

7:00 PM

Tickets are $15/Adults & $12/Moxie Members. Purchase tickets here.

A pioneer in American experimental film, Maya Deren "nearly single-handedly put experimental cinema on the American cultural map, and also became its iconic visual presence" in the 1940's (The New Yorker). The films of Ukrainian-born Maya Deren have struck a chord in ten thousand lakes. Steven and Peter gravitate towards atmospheric, emotional, ethereal, discordant and harmonious sounds—whatever it takes to touch something special. Thus it is no surprise to be drawn to Deren’s silent films…mystical, distorted, disturbing, atmospheric, mesmerizing. They touch something beyond the consciousness, something of which dreams are made.
It is a labor of deep admiration and respect to create original music to these special visions. [https://www.xklmusic.com/mayad...]

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