The REbirth of a nation

Rating: Null/10 (28 March 2005)

DJ Spooky's "Rebirth of a Nation" Friday, April 22, 2005 at 8:00 p.m.
Paul D. Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid  philosopher, world-renowned disc man and multimedia/performance artist  will present a strikingly original and provocative work that addresses issues of race and the use of technology and media in our society. Projected onto three screens, DJ Spooky masterfully segues segments of the original film with graphics and visual effects creating a hypnotic piece inspired by African American history in the South. Visuals are accompanied by a soundtrack blending jungle, dub, space rock and ambient hip hop samples mixed with DJ Spooky's own score The Rebirth Suite  all with an illuminating introduction by the spin-master himself.
This Atlanta premier is Miller's re-imagining of D.W. Griffith's racist 1915 silent film, The Birth of a Nation, set to a soundtrack based on Robert Johnson's blues. This multimedia work addresses the issues of race through the use of contemporary technology with deconstructed visuals of pop culture icons and images of dancers from the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
"In a certain sense what I'm doing is portraying the film as he intended it," DJ Spooky says of his remix. "This is a film glorifying a horrible situation. And I think a modern sensibility is something where people will look at this and go like 'Oh, I can't believe this, I don't relate to it, I don't think this is right, what does he mean?' So it's not letting him off the hook so much as presenting the film and actually having it fall in on itself."
WHEN: Friday, April 22, 2005 at 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St., Atlanta
COST: General Admission Tickets are $15 or $10 with a valid student I.D., call 404-733-5000.