Introducing 35MM

RSO’s latest project is 35MM, a multimedia “musical exhibition” in which photographic images inspire music and lyrics, and inversely music and lyrics inspire photographs.

The piece is made up of more than twenty songs and nearly 35 images by photographer Matthew Murphy.  Some songs will elicit numerous photographs in one and others will be inspired by a diptych or triptych (two or three photographs displayed together to create one unified image).  The exhibition is orchestrated for six voices (three women, three men), and six players (viola/violin, cello, guitars, basses, percussion, and synthesizer). 

Murphy is a writer and photographer living in New York City. Following an early career as a dancer with American Ballet Theatre, he now contributes work to Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit Magazine, Movmnt Magazine, Playbill, and Vogue online.  Additionally, his photographs can frequently be seen in The New York Times where he is a freelancer specializing in performance photography.

For more information and photographs, check out MurphyMade.com.

On Dec. 16, a small audience caught the first glimpse of the new musical (which is currently in progress) at Urban Stages in New York City.  Below you'll find a small sampling of his work on the piece, and then below for some brand new video-audio clips...

"The Ballad of Sara Berry" from 35mm
performed by Lindsay Mendez, with Alex Brightman, Jay Armstrong Johnson and Natalie Weiss


"Mama, Let Me In" from 35mm
performed by Alex Brightman, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Lindsay Mendez and Natalie Weiss

"Crazytown" from 35mm
performed by Alex Brightman with Jay Armstrong Johnson, Lindsay Mendez and Natalie Weiss

"On Monday" from 35mm
performed by Natalie Weiss

See more videos from 35mm here.