In advance of “Bring on the Lumière!,” a live dance-theater-light performance by choreographer Catherine Galasso '06, taking place on February 10 at 7:30pm in the Schwartz Center, Cornell Cinema will present a program of some of Auguste and Louis Lumière’s (the French founding fathers of cinema) short actualities, including Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory and L'Arrivée d'un train (both seen in the recent film Hugo), as well as a collection of more recent films inspired by their work. Program includes Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896 (1990) by Ken Jacobs (viewed through Pulfrich filters); L'Arrivée by Peter Tscherkassky (1998); and Workers Leaving the Googleplex (2011) by Andrew Norman Wilson, which documents the "apartheid" practices of the mega-corporation, and has become a hit viral video.
“Bring on the Lumière!” is a unique performance piece that combines dance, light, and cinema history. It premiered at ODC Theater in San Francisco in November 2011, and will have its New York premiere at the Joyce Theatre in New York in late January. Read more about it at lumieredance.wordpress.com. In addition, the Johnson Museum of Art will project a number of Lumière films on their façade between January 27 and February 20, from sunset to 11pm. Cosponsored with the Cornell Council for the Arts.