Geometric drift
December 1 - 20.00
Non-narrative, non-linear cinema that explores music, colour and rhythm in a space that takes the frame as a unit for filmic creation.
Lichtspiel Opus I, Walter Ruttmann, 1921, 16 mm, 11’10”
Rhythmus 21, Hans Richter, 1923, 16 mm, silent, 3‘20”
Symphonie Diagonale, Viking Eggeling, 1924, 16mm, silent, 6’40”
Abstronic, Mary Ellen Bute, 1952, 16 mm, 7’
Uts Cero, Javier Aguirre, 1970, 10’
Syncromy, Norman McLaren, 1979, 16 mm, 7’30”
Cubic Limit, Manfred Mohr, 1973-74, digital, silent, 3’39''
Organisation II, Christian Lebrat, 1977, 16 mm, silent, 5’
Calculated Movements, Larry Cuba, 1985, 16 mm, 6’
Modern nº 2, Mirai Mizue, Japón, 2011, digital, 4’
Spiritual constructions
December 4 - 18.30
Bohemians, mystics or visionaries. In abstract animation, these painters, some associated with Dada, others with the Beat generation, found a medium to express their visions. In addition to geometric graphics, colour and music play an important part in these films.
Spiritual Constructions, Oskar Fischinger, 1927, 16 mm, 7’
Komposition in Blau, Oskar Fischinger, 1935, 16 mm, 4'
Early Abstractions Nr. 7, Harry Smith, 1951, 16 mm, 6’
Allures, Jordan Belson, 1961, 16 mm, 7’
Lapis, James Whitney, 1966, 16 mm, 10’
Permutations, John Whitney, 1968, 16 mm, 8'
Samadhi, Jordan Belson, 1967, digital, 6’
Mutations, Lillian Schwartz, 1972, digital, 7’
Playpiece 2. Dreamtime, Dance of the Shaman, Lesley Keen, digital, 7’31”
