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Greg Kelley + Lori GoldstonSound + Light + Movement
Tuesday,
October 14, 2025,
At 7:30PM
Admission: Free with RSVP
Boston City Hall
Mezzanine Level
One City Hall Plaza, Boston
Note: you will have to pass through City Hall security. The entrance is on the Congress Street level (not from the plaza)
If you have questions about accessibility, email:[email protected]
Presented by RPM Festival, Non-event, Engauge Experimental Film Festival and the Mayor’s Office of Arts + Culture
Step into a unique sensory experience where the past meets the present, image meets sound, and film lives again—live. Cinematic Symbiosis is an evening of live performance and silent film, co-presented by RPM Festival and Engauge Experimental Film Festival, that revives the tradition of live musical accompaniment with ten silent works from a wide range of contemporary experimental filmmakers.
Renowned musicians Lori Goldston (Seattle-based cellist and composer) and Greg Kelley (avant-garde trumpeter and sonic experimenter) will perform original, improvised scores. Goldston’s work spans classical, punk, drone, and everything in between—her sound is raw and immersive. Kelley, with a career rooted in experimental music, noise, and free jazz, transforms the trumpet into an instrument of unpredictable power and texture.
The film program, curated by Caryn Cline, filmmaker and co-founder of Engauge, showcases work from an international group of artists who explore form, texture, and meaning through analog and digital experimentation. Each filmmaker brings a distinct voice and vision to the screen:
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Sound + Light + Movement: Trumpet + Cello + Silent Film
Stan’s Salon | Jon Behrens
| 3:00 | 16mm to digital | color | 1997 |
Liquid is Light | Kalpana Subramanian
| 4:00 | Super 8mm to digital | b + w | 2016 |
Late December, East of the Sierras | Bill Basquin
| 21:00 | 16mm to digital | color | 2015 |
Shedding | Vicky Smith
| 4:19 | 16mm to digital | b + w | 2024 |
Herbaria x Pelicula: Field Portfolio | Derek Jenkins
| 11:00 | 16mm to digital | color & b + w | 2021 |
Tobacco Barn Light Studies | Rocío Mesa
| 2:00 | 16mm to digital | b + w | 2019 |
Bosco | Lucie Leszes + Stefano Canapa
| 8:00 | 16mm to digital | b + w | 2023
And By The Night | Anna Kipervaser
| 10:00 | 16mm to digital | color | 2017
Puedo Ver Todo Menos Mis Ojos/I Can See Everything But My Eyes | 2:00 | Super 8mm to digital | b + w | 2019 |
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Boston City Hall, 1 City Hall Sq,Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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