Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Man Ray’s first film, this programme assembles four of the multidisciplinary artist’s works, which feature such techniques as ‘rayographs’ (photography achieved without a camera), double exposure, and stop-motion. Newly scored by Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan’s post-rock band Sqürl, this omnibus includes Return to Reason (1923), the romantic The Starfish (1928), the Dadaist ‘cine-poem’ Emak-Bakia (1926), and the surrealist The Mysteries of the Château of Dice (1929). A unique body of work, evoking Surrealist contemporary Luis Buñuel, anticipates the dream logic of Maya Deren and David Lynch.

The screening on 29 March will be followed by a conversation between Elena Tammaccaro, Deputy Director of L'Immagine Ritrovata and M+ CHANEL Lead Curator of Moving Image Silke Schmickl in English.

Man Ray (1890–1976, United States) was an American painter and visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements. He is best known for his pioneering photography and was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. He is also noted for his experimental work with photograms (‘cameraless’ pictures), which he called ‘rayographs.’ He applied the technique to film in Return to Reason (1923). His other films include Emak-Bakia (1926), The Starfish (1928), and The Mysteries of the Château of Dice (1929).