“Images that, once seen, will stay with you forever.” –LA Weekly Film/Video–Jack H. Skirball Series
April 4
BETZY BROMBERG’S VOLUPTUOUS SLEEP SERIES World premiere Betzy Bromberg returns to redcat with Voluptuous Sleep Series (2011), her first film in five years and a mesmerizing two-part 16mm meditation on the nuances of light, sound and feeling evoked through the poetic artifices of cinema. Bromberg’s close-up lens becomes a tool of infinite discovery that reveals as much about our bodily sensations as it does about the natural world. Paired with two intricately composed soundtracks created in collaboration with Dane A. Davis, Zack Settel, Jean-Pierre Bedoyan, Pam Aronoff, James Rees and Robert Allaire, Voluptuous Sleep is an emotional tour de force that serves as a rapturous antidote to the fragmentation of modern life and a new experience of cinematic time and memory. An active filmmaker since 1976, Bromberg has presented work at The Museum of Modern Art, Harvard Film Archives, Anthology Film Archives, London’s National Film Theatre, and the Centre Pompidou, as at well as numerous international film festivals. In person: Betzy Bromberg Curated by Steve Anker and Bérénice Reynaud. Funded in part with generous support from Wendy Keys and Donald Pels.
Mon Apr 4 | 8:30 pm $9 [students $7, CalArts $5]
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Ostad Abbos Kosimov
April 5
Los Angeles premieres Awarded the title of Honored Artist of Uzbekistan in his homeland, Ostad Abbos Kosimov is recognized globally as a master of the doyra frame drum and an ambassador of Uzbek culture. Since his arrival in the U.S. in 2005, he has worked with such artists and ensembles as Stevie Wonder, Kronos Quartet, Zakir Hussain, Giovanni Hidalgo, Terry Bozzio, Hands On’Semble, and Omar Sosa. For this rare opportunity
to hear Uzbekistan’s most dynamic doyra artist in concert, Kosimov has crafted an evening of traditional Uzbek and Tajik percussion music and dance, along with his own original compositions. He is joined by the CalArts Persian and World Percussion Ensembles, and members of his own Abbos Ensemble, which features Zuhriddin Faparov on doyra and traditional Central Asian dance from Tara Pandeya. Tues Apr 5 | 8:30 pm $25 [students $20, CalArts $15]
Tickets: 213 237-2800 redcat.org