11 West 53 Street, New York
America
22 – 28 June 2009
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) presents DJ Spooky’s ‘Rebirth Of A Nation,’ a weeklong run of composer, multimedia artist, and writer Paul D. Miller’s (a.k.a DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid) film Rebirth of a Nation (2008), a deconstruction and remix of D.W. Griffith’s highly controversial but landmark ‘The Birth Of A Nation’ (1915).
As one of the critical repositories of the work of D.W. Griffith, MoMA will provide audiences the opportunity to experience Miller's reworking of this American masterwork in the context of the original with two screenings of MoMA’s print of ‘The Birth Of A Nation’ on June 25 and 27.
‘Rebirth Of A Nation’ was originally commissioned as a live, multimedia performance that premiered at the Lincoln Center Festival in New York (2008) and was subsequently performed at more than 50 international venues, including the Festival d’Automne á Paris, the Spoleto Festival USA, and the Vienna Festwochen.
For the theatrical film version, produced by Starz Media/Anchor Bay Films, Miller takes Griffith’s original work, which is set during and after the American Civil War and provoked controversy for its treatment of white supremacy and its positive portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan, and applies a DJ re-mix.
Using his skills as a DJ to mash music and film techniques, he recontextualizes Griffith’s achievement and places the original film in a moral framework, drawing striking parallels between socio-political conflicts in America during Griffith’s era and today. The film features Miller’s original score, performed and recorded by the Kronos Quartet.
Miller will be present to introduce the opening night screening on June 22, and will participate in a post-screening discussion.
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