INSTRUMENTAL Directed
by
Gabriel Shalom USA / 2005 / 65 minutes
WORLD PREMIERE
Screening
Times and Venues:
Woodstock Town Hall
9/30/2005, 4:30PM
$10
Upstate Films II
10/1/2005, 12:30PM
$10
SYNOPSIS:
Bradford Reed, Thomas Truax, Bart Hopkin, and Art Harrison are four musicians who make their own special electro-acoustic instruments. INSTRUMENTAL is a poetic meditation on the lives of these instrument builders and the musical worlds they inhabit. Through interviews and performances, the instrument builders are presented in the context of their homes and workshops, as well as in the surrounding urban, suburban, and rural environments.
"Fascinating musicians who build their own eccentric instruments are explored in this smartly handcrafted documentary from Bard College student Gabriel Shalom. Using personal and musical interviews, electrifying concert material and found footage, Shalom feeds our curious appetites with an engaging look into the true inspiration behind the creation of these instruments and the music they make." (Michael Lerman)
BIO:
Gabriel Shalom is an electronic musician, laptop DJ, videomaker, VJ, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He was born and raised in suburban Maryland and attended normal public schools. He performs his electronic music solo as Tweaky Bambino, as well as performing as a vocal percussionist with Fabian Wendt, who plays electric bass, and Fried DÄhn, who plays electric cello, in the experimental Stuttgart-based trio Tigershrimp.
MAIN CREDITS:
Cast/Featuring:
Bart Hopkin, Bradford Reed, Art Harrison, Thomas Trua
Executive
Producer(s):
Gabriel Shalom
Director(s): Gabriel Shalom
Cinematographer(s): Gabriel Shalom
Print Source:
INSTRUMENTAL
Gabriel Shalom
gabe@thegoblins.com
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