InMute Festival 2013

InMute is a two-day festival that draws parallels between silent era films and present-day approaches to sound and music. The program features concerts/screenings, discussions and workshops, where the mute but intensely expressive spaces of silent films will set the frame for a series of adventurous sonic explorations.

Australian composer, media artist and producer Lawrence English will present a new work commissioned by the Onassis Stegi for the screening of Sergei Eisenstein’s "Strike".

Multimedia artist Thomas Köner, having scored music for numerous silent films for the Louvre Museum and the Musee d'Orsay, will collaborate with pianist Ivana Neimarevic on a performance of a soundtrack to Robert J. Flaherty’s documentary "Nanook of the North".

Silent Move, the Greek duo (Vassilis Tzavaras and Yiannis Paxevanis) that partly owes its existence to silent horror films, will accompany Jean Epstein’s film "The Fall of the House of Usher", which is based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe.

A feedback-drenched performance by guitarist Michalis Moschoutis will provide the backdrop for the dramatic story of a woman who comes into the domain of the winds in Victor Sjöström’s "The Wind".

InMute, seeking to present an all-round approach to its theme, will also feature a discussion panel with the festivals' artists and the film directors Konstantinos Frangopoulos, Michalis Konstantatos and Giorgos Zois, set to explore the auditory nature of silent films; and a creative workshop for children that will draw further connections between past present and future (Sunday 13 October, 19:30-20:30).