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SILENT/SOUND: Variations on Napoleon

August 10, 2018 @ 4:30 pm– 5:30 pm EDT

Friday, August 10 , 2018
8:30pm
@ Front Yard at the Burchfield Penney Art Center
Free and open to the general public

Join us at the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s Front Yard for the 2017 edition of SILENT/SOUND. Artist and filmmaker Brian Milbrand will be live remixing footage from films throughout history featuring the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, including Abel Gance’s 1927 epic, famous for its climactic three screen coda. Set to a live performance of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Sinfonia Eroica (Heroic Symphony aka Symphony No. 3 in E♭ major), originally dedicated to Napoleon, this viscerally arresting evening of sight and sound explores what it is about grandiose, even dictatorial figures that continues to attract humanities love and admiration. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs, and prepare for the return of Squeaky Wheel and the Burchfield Penney’s signature summer event.

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  • Date: August 10, 2018
  • Time:
    4:30 pm– 5:30 pm EDT
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Squeaky Wheel’s programs are made possible with major support by Teiger Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the County of Erie and County Executive Mark Poloncarz, and The Children's Guild Foundation. Our programs would not be possible without the support of members, businesses, and individual supporters such as yourself.
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