Color Harmony/Color Music
The question of a “color harmony” very quickly becomes a question of a “color music”, because only in the specialized
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Articles
Beyond ‘Abstract’ Criticism
Five years ago in the pages of this journal I outlined the special need in the experimental film field for
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In the Abstract
Abstract animation flourished in the 1970s. Artist Robert Breer began making animated films in Paris in the 1950s as an extension of
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Altered States
Absolut Panushka, Jan-Apr 1997. After the whirl of excitement from taking the Vortex Concerts to Europe, Jordan Belson withdrew into
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Animation in the Post-Industrial Era
The Oxford History of World Cinema, 1996 Animation in the Post-Industrial Era Dr. William Moritz By 1960 cartoon shorts were
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International Experimental Film Congress, 1989. Abstract Films of the 20s Dr. William Moritz The “avant-garde” films of the 1920s have
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Absolute Animation
The first surviving experimental animation film is the work of Walter Ruttmann, who had studied both music and painting at
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Robert A. Haller Kinetica 2 Catalog Several years ago I spent three days in Elfriede Fischinger’s home in Long
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iotaWeekly Nov 21, 2011
Clip of the Week Animation Breakdown 2011 (trailer!) from Cinefamily Cinefamily is putting together a great Festival of Animation. There
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