To Joy
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To Joy, completed in 1992, is an imagist film collage set to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. According to Byron, this is his second “musical.” The first of these “musicals” was Les Preludes. Opening scenes in To Joy interchange from gardens of yellow flowers to a revolving carousel to a woman in Asian-inspired attire that is spinning an umbrella. Other scenes include a woman belly dancing, as well as young girls dancing ballet and participating in a maypole dance. At one of the To Joy film screenings, Byron was asked who “Joy” is.; This film was supported in part by a grant from the Illinois Art Council.
Credits
Byron Grush (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Byron Grush Collection
Subjects: Experimental; Art
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 500 feet; A and B Rolls (Positive), 450 feet; Print, 450 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/20775; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/20824; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/20825; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/20827
Subjects: Experimental; Art
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 500 feet; A and B Rolls (Positive), 450 feet; Print, 450 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/20775; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/20824; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/20825; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/20827
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:24