christi denton
composer/sound artist

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merge (2007) is a collaborative film made by Christi Denton (composer and filmmaker) and Gene Kunze (filmmaker). The scenes are assembled from individual pictures that have been taken anywhere from 1 second (the protest) to 6 seconds (the avenue) apart. The film was shot in Paris, and includes a protest by teachers' unions, the Seine River as photographed from the roof of the L'Institut du Monde Arabe (the Arab World Institute), the busy avenue rue Monge over the course of a day, the popular wine bar Le Baron Rouge, and a Sunday morning at the Arenes de Lutece (Lutece Arena).

The sounds in this piece are the sounds of glasses (wine glasses and water glasses) and a satar (settar), a 1 stringed Iranian instrument with 12 drone strings.

Christi Denton is a composer and sound artist. She graduated from Mills College (Oakland, CA) in 2000 with a degree in Music Composition and obtained a graduate certificate from the Centre de Creation Musicale Iannis Xenakis in 2004. She's worked on several installations in San Francisco, including building giant wind chimes in the Castro district and amplifying exhibits in the Exploratorium. Her arrangement of Lou Harrison's King David's Lament for Jonathan was performed by the SF Opera Singers and SF Gay Men's Chorus at Other Minds 9 (March 2003). In April 2003, she was one of the featured composers in the Composer Spotlight at Jack Straw Productions in Seattle. In June of 2003, she was one of the composers in the Chapel of the Chimes concert on Oakland CA.

Gene Kunze is an aid worker who likes to work with his hands, hates computers, and spends his free time trying to get his camera to do weird things.