Cinema 16 and Smack Mellon present - Another music and film event tonight!

Cinema 16 recreates the experience of the silent film era, as curator Molly Surno programs obscure vintage films and pairs them with contemporary New York musicians. Bands are given one month to compose a musical score in order to modernize the tradition of live music accompanying films during the 1920s.

For this incarnation of Cinema 16 at Smack Mellon (92 Plymouth St. @ Washington St., DUMBO), Lycaon Pictus will perform a live soundtrack to Pitor Kamler’s silent film Chronopolis and Joel Schlemowitz’s Bagatelle, using synthesizers, a bass guitar, drums, and other electronic and percussion instruments. Their soundtrack will be comprised of original music written for the film, combined with sections of free improvisation. The score will be a sonic exploration of Chronopolis’ themes of time, immortality, and boredom, as the band joins Kamler on his journey.” Doors at 6pm, film at 7pm.

http://www.smackmellon.org/ for more info.