

Filmed April 12, 2003 at a benefit concert held at and for The Anthology Film Archives, the international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of avant-garde and independent cinema. In addition to screening films for the public, AFA houses a film museum, research library and art gallery. The event, which raised money for the Archives and celebrated the life and work of avant-garde film maker Stan Brakhage, featured Sonic Youth providing an improvised instrumental collaboration with silent Brakhage’s films. The band performed with drummer/percussionist Tim Barnes (Essex Green, Jukeboxer, Silver Jews).





Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)

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Filmed April 12, 2003 at a benefit concert held at and for The Anthology Film Archives, the international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of avant-garde and independent cinema. In addition to screening films for the public, AFA houses a film museum, research library and art gallery. The event, which raised money for the Archives and celebrated the life and work of avant-garde film maker Stan Brakhage, featured Sonic Youth providing an improvised instrumental collaboration with silent Brakhage’s films. The band performed with drummer/percussionist Tim Barnes (Essex Green, Jukeboxer, Silver Jews).





Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)

Movie / 1996

Movie / 2015

Movie / 1992

Movie / 2014

Movie / 2018

Movie / 2015

Movie / 2019

Movie / 2012

Movie / 2014

Movie / 2018

Movie / 2019

Movie / 2019

Movie / 1982

Movie / 2019

Movie / 2014

Movie / 2012

Movie / 2024

Movie / 2019

Movie / 2013

Movie / 2016