Decasia by Michael Gordon & Bill Morrison

Michael Gordon: Decasia - a film by Bill Morrison (UK premiere)

Southbank Centre's 2012 Ether Festival brings the UK premiere of Decasia, widely regarded as one of the great cross-arts collaborations of the past decade.

Constructed from severely decayed archival footage, Bill Morrison's hypnotic, stunningly beautiful film was cut to Michael Gordon's matching soundworld of decay, with a large amplified orchestra playing music that Alex Ross describes as 'wedding the hypnotic aura of minimalism to the detuned snarl of highbrow punk'.

6.15pm at Queen Elizabeth Hall - pre concert event. Bill Morrison and Michael Gordon are joined by Gillian Moore CBE, Southbank Centre's Head of Classical Music, and award-winning musician Oliver Coates to discuss the premiere of Decasia and this year's Ether Festival. Sip a glass of wine and enjoy Michael Gordon's Industry performed live by Oliver Coates. Click here to book your place for this free event.
Please note - this free event requires a ticket. You can reserve your ticket online (£1.75 transaction fee) or by phone 0844 847 9910 (£2.75 transaction fee). Transaction fees apply per transaction, not per ticket. You can also reserve your seat without a transaction fee by visiting one of our Southbank Centre Ticket Offices in person.

'A stirring, haunting modern masterpiece...' (The Guardian)

'This radical, experimental masterwork feels like the first film, and feels like the last film.' (Time Out New York)

'Compelling and disturbing! Swimming symphonies of baroque beauty emerge from corrosive nitrate disintegration as rockets of annihilation demolish cathedrals of reality.' (Kenneth Anger, filmmaker)

'The images are at once haunting, mysterious and incredibly beautiful. A definitive work of art. And a new kind of documentary.' (Errol Morris, filmmaker)

Decasia excerpt1 HD from Bill Morrison on Vimeo.

Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conductor