Michael Morley
Artist and Musician
Michael Morley was born in Ahuriri, Te Ika a Maui, 1963. He has a BA University of Otago, MFA University of Canterbury. He began playing music, drawing and painting at an early age. Forms Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos with Richard Ram 1979. Forms The Dead C with Bruce Russell and Robbie Yeats in 1986. Also records and performs as Gate and under his own name, and other names. Lives in Koputai, Te Wai Pounamu.
Appears in
The Golem Rescored
Men Made of Mud
In this episode scored by Michael Morley, we look at different iterations of the Golem throughout film, myth and pop culture. The world of mysticism draws us all in and as we see in The Golem, the power of magic is often used to animate a great story. In his creation from mud, we see connections to the Genesis story through Frankenstein’s monster. But what draws us to those mysteries beyond our comprehension? We delve into the question with Mitch Horowitz, a historian of alternative spirituality, Award-winning author, and a writer-in-residence at the New York Public Library. Watch here.
The Golem Rescored: Guests
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Golem, Reboot is cutting up the film into eight parts, creating an episodic series with new scores by renowned musicians and hosted by preeminent scholars, composers and film historians discussing the significance of the film and its music and taking a deep dive into the Jewish history, occultism, Hollywoodism, traditions and astrology.