Thank you to everyone that made it out to Saw Peep Presents: The Adventures of Prince Achmed! We hope to see you at one of our shows soon–we have some exciting things coming up in 2025!!
Here are some photos from the event: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1155373066590243
The Adventures of Prince Achmed” with Live Score by Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble
November 16, 2024; The Chapel of St Philip Neri
6:30: Doors
7:00-8:00: Opening performance by Misha Feigin (guitar), Jon Silpayamanant (cello), Gregory Acker (flute)
8:15-9:30: Live-to-projection of “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” with live score and overture by Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble (projection by Roxell Karr of Camera Lucida). About The Adventures of Prince Achmed: “A handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.” The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed) is a 1926 German animated fairytale film by Lotte Reiniger. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film. The film features a silhouette animation technique Reiniger invented that involved manipulated cutouts made from cardboard and thin sheets of lead under a camera. The technique is similar to Wayang shadow puppets, though hers were animated frame by frame, not manipulated live.