S!nk live film score recording: Nanook of the North

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Doors open 30 minutes prior to listed event start time.
(Doors at 20:00, event starts at 20:30 sharp, Note: Due to the nature of this event being recorded we won't be able to admit latecomers.)

Event Info

Over the past decade, S!nk have developed a distinctive body of live film scores, part-composed, part-improvised soundtracks for seminal silent films over a century old.

Having built the Pianodrome as a dream performance space for the band, we are excited to finally realise its full potential: recording these scores live, with an audience.

S!nk are delighted to invite you to join us for the second in our series of original film score live recordings in the gorgeous ambience and pin-drop acoustic of our very own Pianodrome amphitheatre in Bruntsfield. As part of a select audience your listening and perception of the film and score in the moment will bring a quality of attention which sculpts and lifts our performance.

The film: Nanook of the North (Dir. Robert Flaherty, 1922, 78mins)

Inuit hunter Nanook and his family confront their unimaginably harsh living environment with such ingenuity and humour that we can only watch in wonder. Perhaps equally remarkable in a very different way - particularly given that his first draft caught fire and was lost - is that protean filmmaker Robert Flaherty followed them in 1922 with his film camera to the far North, practically giving birth to the genre of documentary filmmaking in the process.

This is one of our favourite film scores. Together we improvise, following in the footsteps of Nanook on the hunt, using found materials, bones, ice, leather. Arctic squalls and frozen seas are painted in broad washes of electro-acoustic sound. The epic landscape and intimacy and lightness of family life are woven together in a way which, 100 years on, carry extraordinary resonances.

"Exquisite musicianship. You bring the magic. S!nk don’t just track a film they create a whole world.” Adrin Neatrour, Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle

Venue Info

Pianodrome Bruntsfield is at The St.Oswald's Center at 41 Montpelier Park, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh EH10 4NB, just parallel to the main street and next to the primary school. It has an accessible entrance and an accessible toilet. Please get in touch if there is anything else you'd like to ask or tell us prior to your visit.

Concessions
We do not check your right to a concession or name your price ticket. If you feel you can afford the full price please select this ticket. However, concessions prices are there to help anybody attend the show - if you need a lower cost ticket you are in the best position to determine that. No questions asked.

Accessibility
There is ramped access to the main hall of the Pianodrome. We have an accessible toilet and space for wheelchairs. Most of our performances are relaxed performances. If you have any access requirements please feel free to email us at boxoffice@pianodrome.org.

Non-human visitors
NO PETS ALLOWED AT THIS EVENT DUE TO THE FACT IT IS BEING RECORDED. Apologies for any inconveniences.