Keywords

R. Murray Schafer
The Theatre of Confluence

Patria Cycle (1-12)
patria (Latin) = homeland

• Patria III: The Greatest Show
  Carnival of Shadows (The Greatest Show)
  Dir. Barbara Willis Sweete, Rhombus Media
  
  
• Patria Prologue: The Princess of the Stars
  
  
• Patria VIII: the Palace of the Cinnebar Phoenix
  T’ang Dynasty, China, 618-907
  
  
• Patria V: The Crown of Ariadne
  Minoan Empire, Crete, c. 1250 BC

parallel motion vs. contrapuntal motion
controlled chance (Surrealism, John Cage)
montage (Sergei Eisenstein)