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The Audible Picture Show: Original Audio Works for Dark Cinemas

Hot on the heels of successful trips to the Rotterdam International Film

Festival, the Art Institute and the Third Coast Festival in Chicago, and the

Warsaw Museum of Contemporary Arts (Poland), this unusual initiative from

Scotland's capital Edinburgh is proud to reach Texas with an inspiring

presentation of audio works to be enjoyed, in darkness, in the comfort of a

cinema. Compiled from a growing collection made specifically for dark

cinemas, the show seeks to provide a remarkable and unique cinema

experience, giving the mind's eye a gentle stretch.

'Finding the time to enjoy the simple act of listening is tough these days …

our lives are busy, crowded, full of unwelcome noise' explains the show's

curator and presenter, Matt Hulse. 'We're aiming to highlight what's

possible with audio alone, beyond what we might ordinarily hear on radio.

You'll find the works surprising, entertaining, even uplifting …'

As the show tours, artists local to each venue are invited to contribute new

works. The collection of 55 audio pieces now includes works by esteemed

animators Brothers Quay, Berlin artist/musician Momus, UK feature director

Andrew Kotting, British architect and film maker Tony Hill; French visual

artist Marcel Dinahet; radio producers/audio artist Mark Vernon and Scottish

composer Max Richter.

The presentation at Marfa's Goode Crowley Theater will include the premiere

of new works made by local / regional artists (details TBC).

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Matt Hulse Bio:

Matt Hulse (born upside-down in '68) is an artist whose work crosses

boundaries between film, animation, performance and audio art. He has

enjoyed considerable success with his short films: 'Wee Three' was a

Scottish BAFTA winner & also the Fox Searchlight Best British Short at

Edinburgh International Film Festival 1998; 'Hotel Central' shared the

Special Award for Film with Jean-Luc Godard at Split Festival of New

Film in 2001; 'Take Me Home' was in the Tate Britain show 'A Century

of Artists Film in Britain' in 2003 and won the Kodak Award for

Animation at the SanFrancisco Art Institute Film Festival 2004.

The Audible Picture Show is his second outing as a curator of

collections of audio works - the first being the bizarre Sound of

Loozak, audio works destined for public lavatories. He is director of

the Deaf Focus Film Festival, a festival of films made by the deaf and

hard of hearing. He is DJ at the HOBOKLUB and teaches part time at the

Edinburgh College of Art. He dislikes warm milk, humidity, aggression

and Dire Straits. He likes pickled herring, Polish vodka, absurdity

and Joy Division. For complete immersion: www.idlevice.com .

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Links:

Third Coast International Audio Festival feature (scroll down page slightly):

Interview with Hulse on the Third Coast website: