EMAS Presents: a live film scoring of Stan Brakhage's Dog Star Man

EMAS will be be doing a live film scoring of the exceptional experimental silent film, Dog Star Man. EMAS will be be doing a live film scoring of the exceptional experimental silent film, Dog Star Man, directed by Stan Brakhage, featuring Jane Wodening. Ben Baker – woodwinds Shanté Clair – strings, found objects, electronics Seth Andrew Davis – guitar Kelley Gant – vocals, whistling, electronics Brooke Knoll – harp Kwan Leung Ling – suona Aaron Tyler Osborne – upright bass, electronics Zak Pischnotte – horns Evan Verplough – drums Dog Star Man is a series of short experimental films, all directed by Stan Brakhage, featuring Jane Wodening. It was released in installments between 1961 and 1964 and comprises a prelude and four parts. The five short films all form one larger film, and they will be shown together as one film. Described as a "cosmological epic" and "creation myth" (particularly the Prelude), Dog Star Man illustrates the odyssey of a bearded woodsman (Brakhage) climbing through a snow-covered mountain with his dog to chop down a tree. While doing so, he witnesses various mystical visions with various recurring imagery such as a woman, child, nature, and the cosmos while making his ascent. ABOUT EMAS PRESENTS EMAS Presents is a bi-monthly experimental and improvised music series curated by Seth Andrew Davis + Evan Verploegh, an extension of the collective ensemble Extemporaneous Music & Arts Society. EMAS aims to highlight local, national, and international music practitioners in order to grow Kansas City’s improvised music community.