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On November 11 2026, JG Thirlwell will perform a live score to the legendary Harry Smith film Heaven and Earth Magic at the Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg in Brooklyn NYC. Heaven and Earth Magic is a 1962 avant-garde stop-motion animation. Its surreal imagery, drawn from cutups of 19th century catalogs, has a mystical and hypnotic quality that has entranced viewers for decades.
This will be a solo performance by Thirlwell in immersive four channel sound, performed on keyboards with computer / sample programs and theremin. The score was commissioned by L’Etrange Film Festival in Paris and premiered there in 2024. Thirlwell has also performed this project in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Woodstock. Tickets are available here.