Persistence of Memory

Inspired by the collaborative practice of composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham, composer Joan La Barbara and filmmaker Aleksandar Kostic created an event in which the film and music were conceived independently, allowing the two works to meet for the first time in performance.

• visual arts
• avant-garde
• contemporary art
• non-narrative
• pratical effects
• experimental cinema
• experimental music
• experimental film
• sensory experience
• image and sound
• chance procedures
• composer collaboration
• john cage
• merce cunningham
• joan la barbara