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Spiral Cinema January 11 @ Open Space

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Wednesdays at 9PM, January 4th – 25th, 2012
Wind Up Space, 12 W. North Avenue, Baltimore MD 21201
Open Space, 2720 Sisson Street, Baltimore MD 21211
All events in Spiral Cinema are free and open to the public.
This wednesday, January 11th: Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) dir. Monte Helmond @ Open Space Gallery
Soundtrack provided by Gem Vision

It seems nearly too obvious at this point to take a road trip and listen to the likes of The Doors, Kris Kristofferson, Chuck Berry, and Arlo Guthrie. Yet there is something about those bands that blend in perfectly with the sunlight filtering in through the windshield and the “anything goes” attitude of their time. Revisiting this structure of the road trip soundtrack, Justin Kelly had this to say about his new mix, “Traveling to me is partly about repetition, since this film happens mostly on the road, I found it fitting to make a mix of original electronic music.” In creating new standards for road trip soundtracks, can things such as acoustic guitars and catchy chorus hooks be eliminated in lieu of subtly shifting waves of sound that filter through the windshields just as appropriately?

Spiral Cinema is an ongoing collaboration between Max Guy and Neil Sanzgiri in the form of film screenings and self-published essays. Spiral Cinema is made possible by Baltimore Print Studios, Open Space, the Windup Space, the National Endowment for the Arts; the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artists Awards (www.bakerartistawards.com); and Station North Arts & Entertainment, Inc., (www.stationnorth.org).

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