Director Jim Jarmusch and composer Carter Logan (aka avant-garde post-rock duo SQÜRL) perform live to four surrealist and dreamlike silent films by artist Man Ray. They’ll create the semi-improvisational scores onstage in Walker Cinema, with loops, synthesizers, and effected guitars that display the band’s experimental, ambient, and drone-like tendencies. Featuring Le retour à la raison (Return to Reason) (1923), Emak Bakia (1926), L’étoile de mer (The Starfish) (1928), and Les mystères du château de dé (The Mysteries of the Château de Dé) (1929). 68 min.

Films by Man Ray, Music by SQÜRL takes place Friday, February 7 at 7 pm in the Walker Cinema. Tickets are $25 ($20 Walker members, students, and seniors). Visit walkerart.org/cinema for tickets and info.

These titles by Man Ray are also in the Walker Art Center’s Ruben/Bentson Moving Image collection. Major support to preserve, digitize, and present the Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection is generously provided by the Bentson Foundatio

For this Speaker Series event, they will perform a live score to silent films by Dadaist and Surrealist artist Man Ray in addition to new sonic projects. Using loops, analogue synthesizers, and effected guitars, the duo create a semi-improvised ambient score for four of Man Ray’s dreamlike films. Of the project, Jarmusch says: “Man Ray’s films are very kinetic in the way they move. It’s like a kind of dream logic. Man Ray loves little details of daily life as the Surrealists did. He likes these strange things. A starfish in a jar. Or a scattering of a tailor’s pins” (Metro Times).

Supported by the University of Michigan Library, the Department of Film, Television, and Media, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival.

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Acclaimed filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and multi-instrumentalist Carter Logan perform together as SQÜRL, a self-described "enthusiastically marginal rock band from New York City." For this program they perform a live score to four silent films by Dada and Surrealist artist Man Ray. Using loops, analogue synthesizers, and effected guitars, the duo create a semi-improvised ambient score for Man Ray's dreamlike images.

If this program reaches capacity, a stand-by line will form outside the venue at 7:00 for seats that become available.

February 02, 7:30–9:00

Rubloff Auditorium

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This performance will accompany four 1920s films by Man Ray—legendary photographer, painter, and filmmaker—who was one of the most innovative artists of the 20th century. Films include L’Étoile De Mer, Emak-Bakia, Le Retour à la Raison and Les Mystères du Château de Dé. The program will also include premieres of new scores for two short films by Ohio filmmaker Ed Feil.

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SQÜRL, featuring filmmaker and composer Jim Jarmusch and producer and composer Carter Logan, will perform live original scores to four films by Man Ray: L’étoile de mer (1928), Emak Bakia (1926), Le retour à la raison (1923), and Les mystères du Château du Dé (1929). The performance is presented by Gagosian in association with the exhibition Man Ray: The Mysteries of Château du Dé at Gagosian, San Francisco. Doors open at 6pm; performance begins at 6:30pm. To attend the free event, RSVP by January 8 to rsvpsf@gagosian.com. Space is limited. You can find more info here.

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Man Ray films selected by SQÜRL:

L’étoile de mer (The Starfish, 1928)

Emak Bakia (1926)

Le retour à la raison (Return to Reason, 1923)

Les mystères du château de dé (The Mysteries of the Château de Dé, 1929)

Buy tickets here.

Man Ray films selected by SQÜRL:

L’étoile de mer (The Starfish, 1928)

Emak Bakia (1926)

Le retour à la raison (Return to Reason, 1923)

Les mystères du château de dé (The Mysteries of the Château de Dé, 1929)

Buy tickets here. 

Man Ray films selected by SQÜRL:

L’étoile de mer (The Starfish, 1928)

Emak Bakia (1926)

Le retour à la raison (Return to Reason, 1923)

Les mystères du château de dé (The Mysteries of the Château de Dé, 1929)

Buy tickets here. 

Man Ray films selected by SQÜRL:

L’étoile de mer (The Starfish, 1928)

Emak Bakia (1926)

Le retour à la raison (Return to Reason, 1923)

Les mystères du château de dé (The Mysteries of the Château de Dé, 1929)

Four films by Man Ray, selected by SQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan):

Retour a la Raison (1923)
Emak Bakia (1926)
Les Mysteres Du Chateau Du De (1929)
L’Etoile De Mer (1928)

© Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2014

World-premiere scores composed and performed by SQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan)

Running time is approximately 1 hour.

Free to attend.

Four films by Man Ray, selected by SQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan):

Retour a la Raison (1923)
Emak Bakia (1926)
Les Mysteres Du Chateau Du De (1929)
L’Etoile De Mer (1928)

© Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2014

World-premiere scores composed and performed by SQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan)

Running time is approximately 1 hour.

Free to attend.