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Sam Green’s intimate portrait of composer Annea Lockwood shares with us a glimpse into the enthralling world of sound that she has been exploring and creating for many years. It is a touching and personal story of imagination and love.
The film is part of Counterflows at Home, a "response to the pandemic" that is "an autonomous online space where marginal artists from around the world can share all new and exclusive work. Through audio, film, podcasts, documentaries, writing, interviews and more, the online festival offers an in-depth journey into artist’s practice, as well as opening the intersection where music meets politics, society, history, friendships, community and life."
Born in New Zealand in 1939, Annea Lockwood (previously) moved to England in 1961, studying composition at the Royal College of Music, London, attending summer courses at Darmstadt and completing her studies in Cologne and Holland, taking courses in electronic music with Gottfried Michael Koenig. In 1973 feeling a strong connection to such American composers as Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, the Sonic Arts Union (Ashley, Behrman, Mumma, Lucier), and invited by composer Ruth Anderson to teach at Hunter College, CUNY, she moved again to the US and settled in Crompond, NY. She is an Emerita Professor at Vassar College.
As part of being a Featured Artist at Counterflows at Home, Annea has also shared an intimate new audio work, For Ruth, which threads together conversations with her late partner Ruth Anderson and field recordings of the places that are evocative of their time together.
The film is part of Counterflows at Home, a "response to the pandemic" that is "an autonomous online space where marginal artists from around the world can share all new and exclusive work. Through audio, film, podcasts, documentaries, writing, interviews and more, the online festival offers an in-depth journey into artist’s practice, as well as opening the intersection where music meets politics, society, history, friendships, community and life."
Born in New Zealand in 1939, Annea Lockwood (previously) moved to England in 1961, studying composition at the Royal College of Music, London, attending summer courses at Darmstadt and completing her studies in Cologne and Holland, taking courses in electronic music with Gottfried Michael Koenig. In 1973 feeling a strong connection to such American composers as Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, the Sonic Arts Union (Ashley, Behrman, Mumma, Lucier), and invited by composer Ruth Anderson to teach at Hunter College, CUNY, she moved again to the US and settled in Crompond, NY. She is an Emerita Professor at Vassar College.
As part of being a Featured Artist at Counterflows at Home, Annea has also shared an intimate new audio work, For Ruth, which threads together conversations with her late partner Ruth Anderson and field recordings of the places that are evocative of their time together.
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