Perhaps no other art form is as primal a force as music, one that has the ability to be deeply affecting before we are able to fully intellectualize its impact. A song or melody can capture a moment in time almost as viscerally as a specific scent or taste, while also producing intense scenes of fandom and creating communities.

This month, our team is excited to welcome the start of the spring season with a program dedicated to music and the ways in which various genres and trends have been captured from the 1960s onwards. The focus will primarily be on music as a dynamic cultural force, and its ability to crystallize a particular spirit, or moments of social upheaval. Beginning with the beautifully rendered Les Demoiselles de Rochefort / The Young Girls Of Rochefort (1967)- a film that interprets the classic Hollywood musical through the prism of 1960s aesthetics and concerns, to the devastating Gimme Shelter (1970) and Privilege (1967), both of which undercut the excesses of that same era, albeit in entirely different ways- the program will also attempt to trace the influence of punk, hip-hop, death metal and other genres on popular culture.

For more info and details about the programme, visit the facebook link below