Electro-Pythagorus: A Portrait of Martin Bartlett
2017•45m•8.0•Released
Documentary
Electro-Pythagorus is an intimate and subjective portrait of the late Martin Bartlett, the Canadian electronic music pioneer who studied with Pauline Oliveros, David Tudor, John Cage, and Pandit Pran Nath. His contribution as an interdisciplinary composer, educator, and founding member of Western Front, though undoubtedly extensive, is in danger of being erased from cultural memory since his death from AIDS in 1993. Navigating an array of archival materials including letters, correspondences, notebooks, personal photos, and a huge body of unreleased music and field recordings held at the archives of Simon Fraser University, Electro-Pythagoras is a journey through the evolution of Bartlett’s musical time and space, softly guided by Luke Fowler’s insightful camera and montage—creating an experimental portrait that defies one-dimensionality.
Director
Luke Fowler
Writer
Luke Fowler
Languages
English
Studio
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Cast
Martin Bartlett
himself
Production
Company
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Company
Western Front
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