Decasia is performed at Spoleto Festival

Constructed of found footage, visionary filmmaker Bill Morrison’s Decasia is a 2002 film that assembles and meditates on the age and decay of silent films. The only 21st century film to be declared part of the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry, Decasia includes original footage largely obtained through the University of South Carolina’s Moving Image Research Collection. The film features a soundtrack by composer Michael Gordon with a detuned orchestra playing out of phase with itself, performed live by the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra under the direction of John Kennedy.