PIERRE HENRY: The Art Of Sounds; DVD
$35.00
Pierre Henry, Musique Concrete, Avant-Garde, Noise, Experimental, Composition; DVD – New
An essential video to discover Pierre Henry’s rich work through his words of the often rare and precious archives taken from the depth of a long career, from the composer’s early days with Pierre Schaffer until the 2000s. Pierre Henry appears not only as the great musician we know, but also as a visual artist creating amazing reliefs paintings in which he reconverts elements detached from his old instruments, mixing consoles, etc., according to a very singular artistic approach. Henry is visited by the film team on the occasion of a house concert, so you get a kind of “home story” which, thanks to many insights into Henry’s work, has been extremely interesting. There are also excerpts from several concerts and long interview passages. This is how the portrait of a mysterious, fascinating musician is created. In addition to the main film, the DVD also features a complete performance from 2005, the recording of a rehearsal (uncut, very interesting to see Henry adjusts to room acoustics) and a short film from the 1960s, in which Henry contributed music and image editing.
