This Saturday, April 28, Northeastern University will present the first-ever Visual Music Marathon, described as “a 12-hour screening of time-based art works that reflect the convergence of musical composition and animated images.” Drawing inspiration from Walt Disney’s Fantasia, the event is part of this year’s Boston Cyberarts Festival.

Boston, Massachusetts – Northeastern University will host the first-ever Visual Music Marathon, a 12-hour screening of time-based art works that reflect the convergence of musical composition and animated images, as part of this year’s Boston Cyberarts Festival. The Marathon will be held on Saturday, April 28 from 10am to 10pm, in the University’s Raytheon Amphitheater, located in the Egan Research Center on Forsyth Street.

“Visual music is an interdisciplinary artistic genre with roots dating back hundreds of years,” says Northeastern professor Dennis Miller, the event’s artistic director and principal curator.

“The emergence of film and video in the 20th century allowed this genre to reach its full potential, with Walt Disney’s Fantasia serving as a groundbreaking example. The artworks we are screening all take a modern perspective on this idea.”

Northeastern received over 300 artist submissions for the Marathon, representing works from 34 different countries, and selected 64 of those for screening. The second six hours of programming will include works by invited artists, historic works on film, live video performances, and works provided by the two principal guest curators, Larry Cuba of the Iota Center, Los Angeles, and Bruce Wands of the New York Digital Salon and School of Visual Arts. All new works presented at the Marathon will be included in a special permanent collection that will be housed in Northeastern’s Snell Library.

The Visual Music Marathon is a joint effort between Northeastern’s Department of Music and the Multimedia Studies Program. For more information, please visit www.music.neu.edu/vmm.

For a preview of works to be shown at the event, visit www.music.neu.edu/vmm/schedule.html.