BLAST PHEMY! ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, AT CINEFAMILY, 611 N FAIRFAX AVE, LOS ANGELES. 8PM / $13 / ALL-AGES. CINEFAMILY.ORG

Blast Phemy! 1 is a kaleidoscope of media/music collaborative potentials, from mid-century experimentations to spontaneous singularities. The program features: Amy Knoles, stretching the limits of expression with solo electronic percussion/interactive video virtuosity; J.Walt’s Spontaneous Fantasia, a solo digital animation performance blasting visuals and music into uncharted territories; F-Stop Serenade’s tapestry of hand-processed film and music featuring filmmaker/organist Mark “Cosmo” Segurson with Heather Lockie, Michael Uhler, James King, Noah Smith, Billy Louviere, and Pilar Diaz; and finally, works by experimental master James Whitney (1921-1981). Over the course of his career, James became increasingly involved in contemplative, spiritual interests — Jungian psychology, alchemy, yoga, Tao, Krishnamurti and consciousness expansion — which all became the subject matter of the films on which he labored for over 30 years. Tonight, we’ll be screening new restored transfers of Yantra (1957) and Lapis (1966), which were supervised by the Whitney Estate and the Academy Film Archive, and feature scores by Gregg Johnson, a live volcano in virtuosic, percussive eruption.