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Eye Filmmuseum seen across the river IJ © Marcus Koppen

Eye Filmmuseum, © Marcus Koppen

Eye on Sound: live music in Eye's arena (soundwave)

Eyeshadow Space Is the Place Illnoledge

still from The Cameraman (Edward Sedgwick, US 1928)

still The Cameraman (Edward Sedgwick, US 1928)

poster The Cameraman (Edward Sedgwick, US 1928)

still from The Stroke (Vincent de Boer, NL 2020)

Eye on Sound: The Stroke (2020) (soundwave)

Eye on Sound: The Cameraman (1928) (soundwave)

still from Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe (Johan van der Keuken, NL 1967)

Eye on Sound: Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe (1967) (soundwave)

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Illnoledge will perform a live show following Space is the Place, an homage to 1950s and 1960s science fiction films, told in a blaxploitation style. Musician Sun Ra, the spiritual forebear of Afrofuturism and a cosmic seer, plays himself in this psychedelic musical film.

Illnoledge consists of brothers and good friends Steve Hartley and Mill Voyance. With their rich cultural background and roots in the West Indies and Surinam, they have developed their own amazing style which they refer to as ‘Akan Fu’. It comprises elements of reggae, afrobeat, latin and jazz. Their music is intuitive and boundless. Their debut EP ‘The O.D.E.’ was released in 2019 and they had previously toured with Alain Clark. They will perform after the main film:

Space Is the Place + Illnoledge

Wat did jazz legend Ben Webster do during his two-year stay in Amsterdam? The answer can be found in this programme of three short films about the Amsterdam jazz scene of the ’60s: Jazz... in Amsterdam, Jazz and Poetry and Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe. Screening on vintage 16mm.

Three short films on the Amsterdam jazz scene of the ’60s. Screening on 16mm.

Jazz in Amsterdam

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Buster Keaton plays a cameraman for a New York newsreel service hunting for scoops. Unfortunately, he is always late … until lady luck smiles. Composer Martin de Ruiter composed a new jazzy score for one of Keaton’s best films.

Buster Keaton (‘Buster’) wants to be a real professional cameraman who always gets there first for the scoop. However, laws and practical considerations such as the fact that Buster is always too late get between dream and deed. However, one day, Buster, accidentally provides unique materials and seems to impress his secret crush at the office.

In various thematic programmes, Eye focuses on the dynamic relationship between film and sound. Together, these programmes make up Eye on Sound, a series about the importance of film sound and (live) musical accompaniment.

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Tonight’s All That Jazz film programme is opened by London-based jazz band Ill Considered, featuring regular band member and animator Vincent de Boer. Their unique audio-visual live show 'Liminal Spaces' is a live improvisation in both sound and images, with a special role for the audience.

A regular member of Ill Considered, Utrecht-based artist/animator Vincent de Boer won the Debut Competition Award at the Netherlands Film Festival for his animated film The Stroke, featuring music by Ill Considered, improvised while the musicians were seeing the film for the first time. Alongside a new, unique version of The Stroke, this evening De Boer will create a new animated film, live, in interaction with the music. The band will also play an improvised jazz score accompanying material from the Eye collection. At the band’s own request, they will not be told in advance what the films will be. Next to De Boer, the band will be joined by film-maker Lisa Wormsley tonight to contribute to a live artwork. Ill Considered love to improvise, but this evening the group will go a step further, using interaction with the audience and visual artists to create a ​​unique, one-off work. While the audience influences the band’s playing, the band will improvise their own soundscapes. These will then be recorded in real-time, in the form of a live artwork made by De Boer, and in film by Wormsley. The final product of the improvisation will be a unique musical experience, including an album cover and video directed by the audience, that can only be experienced by those present. About Ill Considered Ill Considered consists of bassist Liran Donin (Led Bib), saxophonist Idris Rahman (Wildflower, Soothsayers, Unknown to Known) and producer/mixer/drummer Emre Ramazanoglu (David Holmes, Leo Abrahams, Noel Gallagher, Steam Down, Theon Cross, Wildflower, Étienne Daho). This wildly energetic group have put out no less than nine studio albums and two live albums since 2017. Combining the dynamism of the British jazz scene with improvised DIY punk energy, the band’s sound is not easy to pigeonhole. Each album features original artwork by visual artist Vincent de Boer.

The Cameraman

Edward Sedgwick / US, 1928 / 78 min.

Buster Keaton plays a cameraman for a New York newsreel service hunting for scoops. Unfortunately, he is always late … until lady luck smiles. Composer Martin de Ruiter composed a new jazzy score for one of Keaton’s best films.

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