Amy Burton, soprano; John Musto, piano; Lin Esser, sound artist; Bruce Odland, sound artist; Dave Davidson, filmmaker

Rescoring Richter originated in 2013, as a parallel project to Dave Davidson’s feature biodoc, Hans Richter: Everything Turns, Everything Revolves. Rescoring Richter pairs contemporary sound artists with Richter’s avant-garde films of the 1920s. Inspired by Richter’s Dada imagery and montage, they “rescore” nine of his films on instruments ranging from hubcaps found on the street to the Baschet Brothers’ sound sculptures at Yale University. These reimagined Richter films are accompanied by short documentaries showing the process the artists followed to create their new scores. This presentation includes a selection of rescores and process documentations, as well two new live performances accompanying Hans Richter’s revolutionary cinematic images.