Iannis Xenakis Movies
- 2011
Drums
Drums02011HD
Present in nearly all cultures and used for many purposes, drums have unique shapes, sounds, names and accents in each region of the world. Behind...
- 1991
Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko01991HD
For the past ten years Zappa in composing has turned away from Rock and Roll music - for which he first became famous - and has been working on new,...
- 2011
Celluloid and Marble
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Celluloid and Marble is based on Rohmer's own articles published in "Cahiers du cinéma", discussing film in relation to the other arts,...
- 1991
Something Rich and Strange: The Life and Music of Iannis Xenakis
Something Rich and Strange: The Life and Music of Iannis Xenakis61991HD
BBC TV documentary
- 2005
OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–1980
OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–198002005HD
Over two hours of rare performances, interviews, animations, and experimental video. Milton Babbit’s discussion of the difficulties of working...
- 2009
Charisma X: Iannis Xenakis
Charisma X: Iannis Xenakis3.52009HD
This is a documentary film on the life and work of the composer Iannis Xenakis, the “architect of sound”, whose visionary work reconciles...
- 1966
The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse
The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse01966HD
Edgard Varèse died on 6 November 1965, a few days before the filming of the rehearsal of his work "Déserts" which he had to attend.
- 1960
Fer chaud
Fer chaud8.21960HD
Purged from its details, the image thus obtained offers a vision of this sculpture reduced to moving lights.
- 2021
Day
Day02021HD
An experimental short film shot on iPhone 7 Plus during the first year of the COVID-19 outbreak. The film depicts a young man's love for arts and his...
- 1958
Electronic Poem
Electronic Poem01958HD
Poème Électronique is an 8-minute piece of electronic music by composer Edgard Varèse, written for the Philips Pavilion at the...
- 1960
Vasarely
Vasarely01960HD
In 1960, Xenakis composed the music NEG-ALE for P. Kassovitz's "Vasarely", an abstract film on the artwork of Op-Art master Victor Vasarely.
- 1973
Olivier Messiaen and the Birds
Olivier Messiaen and the Birds01973HD
"A renowned composer and organist, Olivier Messiaen was also a great teacher. Michel Fano, who took his composition class at the Paris Conservatory,...
- 1993
Nadir
Nadir01993HD
- 1959
Continu-discontinu
Continu-discontinu51959HD
Piotr Kamler meets Luc Ferrari & Iannis Xenakis. A play of opposites: space, colour, forms, movements
- 2022
The Eternal Colour of Interior
The Eternal Colour of Interior02022HD
Stuck in a never-ending cycle of routine whilst isolated within her home, a young woman enters a colour-soaked, phantasmagorical downward spiral.
- 1971
Du 5éme des Arts de Shiraz
Du 5éme des Arts de Shiraz01971HD
The creation of Iannis Xenakis’ « Persephassa » at the Shiraz-Persepolis Art Festival. There are only a few archives left of this...
- 1980
Polytope (Mycenes Alpha) 1978
Polytope (Mycenes Alpha) 197801980HD
Mycenae-Alpha is an electroacoustic work that Xenakis composed in 1978 as part of an installation of lights, movement and music that took place at...