Wave Currents

Fri., Nov. 19, 7 p.m., $10, International House, 3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125, ihousephilly.org.

by Shaun Brady

[ film/sound ]

There are plenty of affinities between experimental film and music — abstraction, deconstruction, the reduction of the form to its constituent elements in often extreme or violent or sometimes playful fashion — but the cinematic medium rarely allows for the spontaneity inherent in music-making. Artists Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder use multiple film projectors and their projections of light and color to create live performances out of the mechanics of movie-going. In Wave Currents, the pair collaborates with composer Olivia Block, a sonic installation artist who melds found sound, written scores and electronic improvisation. The pieces promise to immerse viewers in a "sensuous space" sculpted from the absorptive interplay of light and sound.