Book Launch & Artist Talk
'Silent Films/Loud Music': KinoKonzert Book Launch
The composer Phillip Johnston presents his new publication
Last year the Goethe-Institut series KinoKonzert featured Lotte Reiniger’s legendary animated movie The Adventures of Prince Achmed with a live soundtrack by Phillip Johnston and his jazz quartet. We staged this show at the Chauvel in Sydney, Fed Square in Melbourne, National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, and Bangalow Film Festival.
But Phillip Johnston hasn’t only composed scores for silent films, he’s also written a book about it, entitled Silent Films/Loud Music: New Ways of Listening to and Thinking about Silent Film Music. This book has just been published and is now available via Bloomsbury Academic.
For this event at the Goethe-Institut in Sydney, Phillip Johnston will launch his book, talk about the genre, show some samples and engage in a conversation with KinoKonzert curators, Christian Pazzaglia and Jochen Gutsch.
- Date: Thursday 25 November 2021
- Time: 6.00pm-8.00pm
- Venue: Goethe-Institut Sydney
- Address: 90 Ocean Street, Woollahra, NSW 2025, Australia
- Entry: Free with registration, limited capacity
- Registration: via Eventbrite
- Note: This is a Covid-safe event, it will be conducted in line with current NSW health regulations, which may include staff asking attendants for their vaccination status.
Details
Goethe-Institut, Sydney
90 Ocean Street
2025 Sydney
Language: English
Price: Free Entry with Registration
+61 2 8356 8312 jochen.gutsch@goethe.de
Note: This is a Covid-safe event, it will be conducted in line with current NSW health regulations, which may include staff asking attendants for their vaccination status.