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.

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

UPCOMING EVENTS

3.8.26

Jack Langdon (bibigwan), Luke Martin (tone generator), Jeff Kimmel (clarinet), Graham Stephenson (trumpet)
Frequency Series at Constellation
Chicago, IL

3.17.26

performance of “Fish Laying Egg in a Circle” by Brightwork Ensemble
Tuesdays at Monk Space
Los Angeles, CA

4.13.26

premiere of “The Requested Chords” for chamber orchestra
by Contemporaneous
Roulette, Brooklyn, NY

4.15.26

Jack Langdon (bibigwan) and Mabel Kwan (keys)
Tangible Books
Bridgeport, Chicago, IL

5.14.26

performance of new work for clarinet by Zach Good
Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

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