The Sulphur Butterflies

from Colias & Anartia by Kristina Dutton

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"The Sulfur Butterflies"
by Robert Silberglied and Chip Taylor, 1971. 16mm film.

Rearing Anartia and Sulfur Butterflies are 8-16mm films documenting the work of lepidopterist Bob Silberglied and his collaborators in the seventies.

View the film trailer at vimeo.com/312341617

The Sulfur Butterflies features Silberglied and Taylor conducting research in southwest Arizona, in alfalfa fields that condensed incredible densities of butterflies at that time and allowed them to study in depth how females recognize the males of their own species based on ultraviolet coloration. Silberglied's untimely death in a plane crash left behind an undiscovered body of work, including these two research movies. Forty years later, the two films held in the Smithsonian Institution's archives were digitized and musical scores were added. These films are an early testimony of how creative scientists intended to communicate their passion for the study of nature to broad audiences.

Original footage held at the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Digitization sponsored by Dr. Arnaud Martin (The George Washington University, Washington DC)

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from Colias & Anartia, released June 17, 2020
Guitar, strings, keyboards, bass - Kristina Dutton
Percussion, drums - Lisa Schonberg

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Kristina Dutton San Francisco, California

Composer specializing in interdisciplinary works. This page features some of my favorite demos, sketches and various recordings from commissions or unfinished projects.

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