JACK LANGDON

is an experimental composer, filmmaker, and writer who was born in 1994 and is a citizen of the sault ste. marie tribe of chippewa indians.

nindaa gichi-neyaashiing

[archive and documentation of past performances can be found here]

UPCOMING EVENTS

11.1-6.25

Jack Langdon (bibigwan)
workshop for Olivia Shortt’s The Museum
of Lost and Found: Gaakaazootaadiwag
Indigenous Creation Studio
Mississauga, ON

11.9.25

Jack Langdon (bibigwan), Sara Constant (flute), and Olivia Shortt (saxophone)
House Show
Toronto, ON

11.14.25

premiere of ‘seven spirals’ for bibigwan and miniature pipe organ
NE/X: A Festival of Indigenous Performance

Northrup-King Building
Minneapolis, MN

TBD

premiere of “Cheap Dream” for harpsichord by Justin Wallace
Britton Recital Hall, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

premiere of “Gravissima” for solo tuba by Jenny Bement
Phoenix, AZ

premiere of “Mystery Spot” by Fonema Consort

BIOGRAPHY, CV, CONTACT

PHOTO BY HANNAH KRUSE

rare sight left right
a film

July 2025

HD video
377 minutes
black & white
silent

watch here

rare sight left right is a study of time through the viewpoint of train travel in America. The film was shot from the window of a Vermonter traveling between White River Junction, Vermont and Baltimore, Maryland in the summer of 2022. Trains are a prominent subject in two filmmakers I have long been inspired by: J.P. Sniadecki and James Benning. Where Sniadecki observes the behavior of people travelling long distances by train in China, and Benning witnesses trains traversing the land in various locations in the US, my film is a study of first-person sight and the way in which gazing alters our experience of time.

Category
Film