Name: Tall Tales at Speed Cinema
Start: 2025-05-08T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-08T20:30:00-04:00
Location: Speed Art Museum

Global Listening Event
Tall Tales
Directed by Jonathan Zawada
Thursday, May 8
6 pm, cash bar in the Speed Cinema lobby
7 pm, screening
$12 | $8 Speed members
Fabled English record producer Mark Pritchard, luminary songwriter Thom Yorke (Radiohead), and groundbreaking visual artist Jonathan Zawada present Tall Tales—a debut collaborative visual and audio cinema experience a decade in the making.
Landscapes of synth-pop, prog, dub, 1970s synth, Joe Meek, Ivor Cutler, Library, kraut and classic Warp—Tall Tales sounds like musicians meeting in the Hinterland. Transmitted by Australian visual artist Jonathan Zawada, Tall Tales is a fair take for the modern world; depicting rising ties, kings & queen, amazon logistics, and robotic arms under iridescent skies. We wanted computers to do our accounting–instead, they try to paint our pictures and sing our songs. Like all good fairy tales, this work edges light with dark as Thom’s echoed chants intertwine with Mark’s shimmering electronics. On Tall Tales, we hear seasoned musicians continue down the path of experimentation. A prophetic visual album, Tall Tales has been years in the making but delivered right on time. 2025, U.S./U.K./Australia, DCP, 65 minutes.