"Living Archive": Works by Mary Ellen Bute

On December 7 Sandra Naumann introduces the films by Mary Ellen Bute (1906–1983). In the 1930s Bute was one of the main pioneers of abstract film in the US and in the 1950s she was one of the first filmmakers who worked with electronic -image production. In her short films she investigated the transfer of musical composition into visual material and experimented with different possibilities of connecting image and sound. In her search for a suitable medium she first -collaborated with Leon Theremin on technologies with which acoustic signals could be -transformed into optical signals until she found film to be her ideal means of expression.

Like every month a public screening will be taking place on December 13, at which we take a look into the holdings of the Arsenal collection. Entrance is free, with the program being announced shortly beforehand.