The David Wexler-directed film will be premiered at SXSW.
A new documentary focused on the works of William Basinski is to premiere at this year’s SXSW film festival. Disintegration Loops takes its name from the four-volume collection of ambient tapes released by Basinski between 2002 and 2003. The film was directed by David Wexler and will be aired at SXSW on 16 March.
Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops series was made from deteriorating tape loops and is comprised of nearly five hours’ worth of haunting noise. The poignant collection is considered by many to be a masterpiece, and sees Basinski offering an elegy to the events of 9/11. In the new film, which was filmed in the midst of the pandemic last year, Basinski reflects on The Disintegration Loops‘ legacy, with a particular consideration given to the upcoming 20th anniversary of 9/11.
NY documentary filmmaker, David Wexler created a new documentary on The Disintegration Loops with me and very special guests during the early days of the pandemic. We spoke over zoom when I was freaking out…SXSW will world premiere it this month. https://t.co/chmCCcDpCs
— william basinski (@WilliamBasinski) March 2, 2021
SXSW film festival returns this month with a fully virtual line-up. Elsewhere on the programme, Charli XCX’s quarantine documentary Alone Together is premiering on 19 March. The project documents the recording process behind Charli’s self-described quarantine album how i’m feeling now. Plus, the emotions and feelings that “creating, connecting and living in a quarantine and in basically a new world evokes for people across the globe,” explained Charli in a recent Instagram post. Check out the full SXSW film festival schedule here.
We caught up with Basinski last year for Issue 115. Revisit our feature on the revered experimental auteur.
