An early experiment in employing computers to animate film. The result is a dazzling vibration of geometric forms in vivid color, an effect achieved by varying the speed at which alternate colors change, so producing optical illusions. In between these screen pyrotechnics appears a simple line form gyrating in smooth rhythm. Sound effects are created by registering sound shapes directly on the soundtrack of the film.
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Hand painted, scratched animated Super 8 film examining the contradictions of the psychopathology of colonization.
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Combines animation, documentary footage, and hand-painted film as well as slide projections, a painted 12" x 24" backdrop, and sculptural palm tree...
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An abstract experimental short film from Jordan Belson.
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Norman McLaren made Scherzo early after his arrival in North America in 1939, but the film was subsequently lost. In 1984 the original materials were...
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Short film by Mary Ellen Bute
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The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls.
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It is well known that the disposition of the images drawn by Escher are neither for animation nor for pre-animation; actually, quite the opposite....
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In this child's game, a live-action boy and girl draw characters and compete who is better. The girl draws a flower and the boy draws a car that runs...
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Toroid is an experimental audio-reactive animation work that demonstrates the possibilities of harnessing digital waveforms of electronic origin into...
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An attempt to constitute a human / machine dialogue. It shows the filmmaker’s blood as seen / heard with the eyes / ears of the machine which...
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One of two animation loops directed by Max Hattler, inspired by the work of French outsider artist Augustin Lesage (1876-1954). Based on Lesage's...
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A meek office worker finds himself flung into a fantasy world as a naked muscleman. An early version of the Den character, known from the comic...