Texas is known for some great film festivals. apart from SXSW and Fantastic Fest, both held in Austin – Houston also hosts some wonderful events. Among them is the Cinema Arts Festival. This year’s line-up is extremely strong, with titles that include Pina, David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method, The Artist and the World Premiere of Art Car: The Movie. Sadly we do not have any contributors over in Houston, but I did feel the need to quickly promote the festival. Here is the press release.
Houston – Now in its third year, Cinema Arts Festival Houston, which runs from November 9 to 13, 2011 will bring an ambitious program of films by and about artists to the vibrant Texas city known internationally for its dynamic art scene. From painting and dance to classical music and multimedia work, this edition will also include appearances by directors, actors, musicians, and special tributes to Ethan Hawke and documentary master Patricio Guzman.
Houston – Now in its third year, Cinema Arts Festival Houston, which runs from November 9 to 13, 2011 will bring an ambitious program of films by and about artists to the vibrant Texas city known internationally for its dynamic art scene. From painting and dance to classical music and multimedia work, this edition will also include appearances by directors, actors, musicians, and special tributes to Ethan Hawke and documentary master Patricio Guzman.
- 10/31/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Trimpin (l.) and company prepare to unleash their inimatable music in The Sound of Invention.
Microcinema will release the 2009 music-themed documentary film Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, an exploration of the sonic world of the artist/inventor/engineer/composer Trimpin, on DVD on Aug. 30 for the list price of $29.95.
Regarded as an “outsider artist” eccentric who shuns the hype and hyperbole of the commercial art world, the German-born Trimpin has for the past three decades created a collection of freewheeling sculptures and outrageous musical experiments that have been exhibited in museums all over the world.
The first feature film produced and directed by Peter Esmonde, Trimpin was shot over a two-year period beginning in 2005 or so. The movie follows its subject as he designs a 60-foot tower of more than 500 automatic electric guitars, builds an ensemble of huge marimbas that converts real-time earthquake data into music and collaborates with the...
Microcinema will release the 2009 music-themed documentary film Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, an exploration of the sonic world of the artist/inventor/engineer/composer Trimpin, on DVD on Aug. 30 for the list price of $29.95.
Regarded as an “outsider artist” eccentric who shuns the hype and hyperbole of the commercial art world, the German-born Trimpin has for the past three decades created a collection of freewheeling sculptures and outrageous musical experiments that have been exhibited in museums all over the world.
The first feature film produced and directed by Peter Esmonde, Trimpin was shot over a two-year period beginning in 2005 or so. The movie follows its subject as he designs a 60-foot tower of more than 500 automatic electric guitars, builds an ensemble of huge marimbas that converts real-time earthquake data into music and collaborates with the...
- 7/21/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
The Alamo Guide
for March 18th, 2010 While SXSW is slowly filtering out of our theaters and instead, flooding the music venues and rent-a-bars that pop up around town, we are beginning to resume a state of normality. We have a few new releases this weekend (The Runaways – with the director live in person – and The Bounty Hunter) and we’re also back with our special programming!Master Pancake is doing One Final Weekend of Goldfinger before they turn their attention to Mr. Gibson in Braveheart. We were all very saddened to hear we lost a Corey, so we decided to put up a couple Lost Boys Tribute Shows this week (my vote was for Prayer Of The Rollerboys, but I’ll just watch that at home!). Also, if you got shut out of SXSW this year by lack of money or other reasons, we’ve chosen a few of our...
for March 18th, 2010 While SXSW is slowly filtering out of our theaters and instead, flooding the music venues and rent-a-bars that pop up around town, we are beginning to resume a state of normality. We have a few new releases this weekend (The Runaways – with the director live in person – and The Bounty Hunter) and we’re also back with our special programming!Master Pancake is doing One Final Weekend of Goldfinger before they turn their attention to Mr. Gibson in Braveheart. We were all very saddened to hear we lost a Corey, so we decided to put up a couple Lost Boys Tribute Shows this week (my vote was for Prayer Of The Rollerboys, but I’ll just watch that at home!). Also, if you got shut out of SXSW this year by lack of money or other reasons, we’ve chosen a few of our...
- 3/18/2010
- by caitlin
- OriginalAlamo.com
I made a film called Trimpin: the sound of invention out of purely selfish concerns: I needed to document the most creative person I could find, to discover how they'd managed to survive in this society. And I was lucky enough to find Trimpin. Trimpin is a 50-something artist/inventor/engineer/composer who's built a tower of 700+ electric guitars; constructed a huge marimba ensemble, triggered by real-time seismic data; created an orbiting, silent musical instrument to perform perpetual motion experiments; collaborated and collided with the Kronos Quartet on a performance for toy instruments; etc. etc. Imagine: a genius German cuckoo-clock maker who's let his mainspring go wild. Imagine: Rube Goldberg dreaming Dadaist dreams of automated orchestras. Imagine: Dr. Funkenstein running amok through your local Home Depot. Just by the nature of who he is and what he hears, Trimpin (he uses only one name) cuts a wide...
- 5/15/2009
- by Peter Esmonde
- Huffington Post
Editor’s Note: This one of a series of interviews, conducted via email, with directors whose films will be screening at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. “Trimpin: The Sound of Invention” Director: Peter Esmonde Enter the amusing, enthralling world of the eccentric sonic alchemist Trimpin as he explores the mysteries, pitfalls, and unexpected joys of musical experiment, with the assistance of the Kronos Quartet. [Courtesy of SXSW] “Trimpin: The Sound of Invention” …...
- 3/14/2009
- indieWIRE - People
For anyone who's into modern art, outsider music, verite documentary or all of the above, Peter Esmonde's documentary, Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, is just for you. It is premiering at SXSW this weekend.
Trimpin: The Sound of Invention is an amusing journey through the sonic world of an eccentric creative genius. Artist/inventor/engineer/composer Trimpin shuns the hype and hyperbole of the commercial art world – yet his freewheeling sculptures and outrageous musical experiments are cherished by museums all over the planet.
Trailer after the break.
Trimpin: The Sound of Invention is an amusing journey through the sonic world of an eccentric creative genius. Artist/inventor/engineer/composer Trimpin shuns the hype and hyperbole of the commercial art world – yet his freewheeling sculptures and outrageous musical experiments are cherished by museums all over the planet.
Trailer after the break.
- 3/11/2009
- QuietEarth.us
To make Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, Peter Esmond followed the titular composer and sound/sculpture artist for two years, capturing his day-to-day process from scavenging at a junk yard to trying to convince the Kronos Quartet to smash their instruments. A clip of the latter scene is embedded below the jump, where Esmonde also talks about escaping corporate America, stalking Janet Pierson and how Trimpin might keep busy whilst in Austin. <param name=" ...
- 3/11/2009
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
SXSW is one of my favorite festivals of the year as it showcases some of the best and most innovative real independent films, and with this host of world premiers, it's also playing alot of Sundance material as well as genre fare from all over the world, many of which we've covered heavily in these pages.
From the Sundance lineup, we have films like Moon, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, You Won't Miss Me, Grace, and Humpday, among others.
For the world genre material we've covered, there's Lake Mungo, The Square, Zift, and Awaydays.
I think you get the point that lots of great looking film will be playing. I'll leave a bit of the exploration to you..
Lineup after the break.
Narrative Features Competition
Artois the Goat
Director: Kyle Bogart. Writer: Cliff and Kyle Bogart
Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to craft the greatest...
From the Sundance lineup, we have films like Moon, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, You Won't Miss Me, Grace, and Humpday, among others.
For the world genre material we've covered, there's Lake Mungo, The Square, Zift, and Awaydays.
I think you get the point that lots of great looking film will be playing. I'll leave a bit of the exploration to you..
Lineup after the break.
Narrative Features Competition
Artois the Goat
Director: Kyle Bogart. Writer: Cliff and Kyle Bogart
Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to craft the greatest...
- 2/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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