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JG Thirlwell live score to Harry Smith at Nitehawk Cinema Brooklyn

JG Thirlwell

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. 

Thirlwell performs live score to Harry Smith film at Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn

JG Thirlwell

On July 29 2025, JG Thirlwell will perform a live score to the legendary Harry Smith film Heaven and Earth Magic at Nitehawk Cinema by Prospect Park in Brooklyn. “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. This is the first performance in North America.
 
The evening will open with a rare screening of Thirlwell’s 11-minute film Sonder, which was commissioned by the Frekvens Film Symposium in Gotland, Sweden in 2018. Sonder was conceived, directed and scored by Thirlwell and filmed by Sebastian Mlynarski.
Tickets available here