Walker Art Center Presents Text of Light, Featuring Lee Ranaldo, William Hooker, Marina Rosenfeld, Alan Licht, and Ulrich Krieger

The Walker is closed Saturday for our Avant Garden benefit.

“Their sonic soundscapes fit Brakhage’s films with a well-seasoned and well-placed stew of restrained, yet occasionally explosive results.” —DMG Review

The Walker Art Center presents a mesmerizing evening of sound and image featuring the improv supergroup

Text of Light

paying tribute to the work of the late American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) at 8 pm Saturday, February 7, in the Auditorium. Explosive jazz drummer William Hooker and Sonic Youth’s guitarist Lee Ranaldo are joined by New York City turntablist Marina Rosenfeld, guitarist Alan Licht, and Berlin-based saxophonist Ulrich Krieger for a live musical homage to Brakhage’s 1974 film Text of Light. The experimental film focuses on light refracted and pulsing through a crystal ashtray.

See PDF file for complete press release.