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Electro-Pythagorus: A Portrait of Martin Bartlett (2017)
Directed by Luke Fowler
Documentary · 45m
Electro-Pythagorus is an intimate and subjective portrait of the late Martin Bartlett, the Canadian electronic music pioneer who studied with Pauline Oliveros, David Tudor, John Cage, and Pandit Pran Nath. His contribution as an interdisciplinary composer, educator, and founding member of Western Front, though undoubtedly extensive, is in danger of being erased from cultural memory since his death from AIDS in 1993. Navigating an array of archival materials including letters, correspondences, notebooks, personal photos, and a huge body of unreleased music and field recordings held at the archives of Simon Fraser University, Electro-Pythagoras is a journey through the evolution of Bartlett’s musical time and space, softly guided by Luke Fowler’s insightful camera and montage—creating an experimental portrait that defies one-dimensionality.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Luke Fowler
- Writer
- Luke Fowler
- Editor
- Luke Fowler
Details
- Release date
- 2017-02-26
- Runtime
- 45m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada, United Kingdom
- Production
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Western Front