Wednesday Night Live: ‘Early Abstractions’ Film Screening

LOCATION CHANGE! This event has moved to Mint Museum Randolph. Parking is free and film screening will begin at 7 PM.

The Southern premiere of a new 4K restoration of Harry Smith’s pioneering short animated films created between 1946 and 1952. Inspired by Native American cultures, jazz, the Kabbala, and surrealism, Smith assembled his own cinematic universe of shape, color, light, and time. Lecture and discussion by Rani Singh, director of the Harry Smith Archives, following the screening.

About Harry Smith
Keenly attuned to the changing technologies of the day, Smith embraced innovation and used whatever was new and of the moment. At the same time, he was always in dialogue with history, and his lifelong interests in abstract art, metaphysics, spiritualism, folk art, and music from around the globe came to the fore as he devised ingenious ways of collecting sounds and creating films. These concerns make his practice increasingly prescient, as collecting, consuming, and sharing media continue to shape culture in the twenty-first century. Read the recent “NY Times” article about Harry Smith.

Wednesday Night Live is presented by Bank of America.

Museum admission and event are free. Galleries open until 9 PM.