Lillian Schwartz Movies

  • 1971
    Olympiad

    Olympiad

    Olympiad

    5.21971HD

    Study in motion based on Muybridge’s photographs of man running.

    Olympiad
  • 1971
    UFOs

    UFOs

    UFOs

    5.41971HD

    Blasting off into cosmic visual abstraction, pioneering computer artist Lillian Schwartz’s UFOs is a kinetic tour-de-force whose innovative...

    UFOs
  • 1970
    Pixillation

    Pixillation

    Pixillation

    6.21970HD

    Pixillation features computer generated abstract animations set to Moog-synthesized sound.

    Pixillation
  • 1986
    Beyond Picasso

    Beyond Picasso

    Beyond Picasso

    01986HD

    Schwartz reordered and combined angular contours, broken planes, and distorted proportions in her own pictorial structures in an homage to Picasso's...

    Beyond Picasso
  • 1971
    Some of My Best Friends Are...

    Some of My Best Friends Are...

    Some of My Best Friends Are...

    4.21971HD

    Regulars gather at The Blue Jay, a gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, to celebrate Christmas Eve 1971 with people they consider family.

    Some of My Best Friends Are...
  • 1975
    Collage

    Collage

    Collage

    31975HD

    A swift moving assortment of moving images. Filmed from a color TV monitor that was computer controlled.

    Collage
  • 2017
    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    62017HD

    A tortuous journey, in the company of the Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, around the figure of the enigmatic and visionary French poet Raymond...

    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory
  • 2015
    Pangloss

    Pangloss

    Pangloss

    02015HD

    Digital Animation | 02"50

    Pangloss
  • 1974
    Mayan

    Mayan

    Mayan

    21974HD

    This tape combines live-images filmed in the Yucatan with output from the Paik video-synthesizer ribboned with computer-generated images.

    Mayan
  • 1972
    Googolplex

    Googolplex

    Googolplex

    4.51972HD

    Extended editing techniques based on Land’s experiments affect the viewer’s sensory perceptions.

    Googolplex
  • 1976
    La Spiritata

    La Spiritata

    La Spiritata

    21976HD

    Music “Canzoni per sonar a quattro” by Giovanni Gabrieli, performed by Elizabeth Cohen, Max Mathews, and Gerard Schwarz. Images generated...

    La Spiritata
  • 1972
    Apotheosis

    Apotheosis

    Apotheosis

    4.51972HD

    “Apotheosis, which is developed from images made in the radiation treatment of human cancer, is the most beautiful and the most subtly textured...

    Apotheosis
  • 1975
    Alae

    Alae

    Alae

    31975HD

    Beginning with footage of sea birds in flight, the film image is then optically scanned and transformed by the computer. The geometric overlay on...

    Alae
  • 1975
    Kinesis

    Kinesis

    Kinesis

    21975HD

    Escher-like images stepping through the frames to the music of a jazz group. Delightful–shows a depth in the imagery not accomplished by...

    Kinesis
  • 1972
    Mutations

    Mutations

    Mutations

    4.51972HD

    “The changing dots, ectoplasmic shapes and electronic music of L. Schwartz’s ‘Mutations’ which has been shot with the aid of...

    Mutations
  • 2013
    RGBCMY

    RGBCMY

    RGBCMY

    42013HD

    This animation can be watched in 2D or using Chromadepth Glasses in 3D.

    RGBCMY
  • 1977
    Nino

    Nino

    Nino

    01977HD

    Music by Albert E. Miller. Experimental work with dancer and musicians to combine and present an unusual choreography of performers and music as a...

    Nino
  • 1976
    The Artist and the Computer

    The Artist and the Computer

    The Artist and the Computer

    4.81976HD

    Pioneering artist Lillian Schwartz demonstrates the human input -- integrity, artistic sensibilities, and aesthetics -- that goes into producing...

    The Artist and the Computer
  • 1978
    Newtonian I

    Newtonian I

    Newtonian I

    21978HD

    An illusion of 3 dimensions is achieved by a blending of mathematics and physics to carry the spectator through a new range of audio and visual...

    Newtonian I
  • 1979
    Rituel

    Rituel

    Rituel

    81979HD

    Music performed by The New York Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Pierre Boulez. Schwartz manipulates by computer, in real-time the images of...

    Rituel