Dr. William Moritz

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Music Television

March 3, 2006 J-Walt 0 Comment absolut, abstract animation, animation, Dr. William Moritz, experimental animation, live performance, lumia, mtv, music television, music videos, panushka, synesthesia, visual music, vj

Absolut Panushka, Jan-Apr 1997. Music Television Hungry for new product, MTV has provided many opportunities for experimental animators to create

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Light Shows

March 3, 2006 J-Walt 0 Comment absolut, abstract animation, animation, article, Dr. William Moritz, experimental animation, live performance, lumia, mclaren, music videos, panushka, smith, synesthesia, visual music, vj, Whitney

Absolut Panushka, Jan-Apr 1997. Light Shows In 1946 the brothers Frank and Jack Stauffacher curated an “Art in Cinema, a

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Books for Sale Store 

Optical Poetry: The Life and Work of Oskar Fischinger

January 1, 2006October 7, 2018 J-Walt 0 Comment abstract animation, animation, Dr. William Moritz, experimental animation, Oskar Fischinger, synesthesia, visual music

by William Moritz Paperback – 246 pages Publication Date – 2004 Price $27.00 Preface Oskar Fischinger is one of the

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The Absolute Film

November 30, 2005 J-Walt 0 Comment abstract animation, animation, Dr. William Moritz, experimental animation, fischinger, live performance, lumia, music videos, ruttmann, synesthesia, visual music, vj

WRO99, Media Art Biennale, 1999. Dr. William Moritz The term “Absolute Film” was coined by analogy with the expression “Absolute

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Under The Camera

October 26, 2005 J-Walt 0 Comment Absolut Panushka, abstract animation, animation, article, Dr. William Moritz, experimental animation, history, live performance, lumia, music videos, synesthesia, technique, visual music, vj

Absolut Panushka, Jan-Apr 1997. Cutout Replacement, Jointed-Figure, Sand and Paint on Glass Many animators work “straight ahead” or under the

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Absolut Panushka Techniques Visual Music 

Stop Motion

October 26, 2005 J-Walt 0 Comment Absolut Panushka, abstract animation, animation, Dr. William Moritz, experimental animation, live performance, lumia, music videos, synesthesia, technique, visual music, vj

Absolut Panushka, Jan-Apr 1997. William Moritz Stop motion is a term used to describe the single-frame filming of live or

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Cameraless Film

September 1, 2005 Jeremy Speed Schwartz 0 Comment abstract animation, animation, article, artist, Dr. William Moritz, experimental animation, filmmaker, history, len lye, synesthesia, visual music

Moritz, William Len Lye, deeply impressed by the aboriginal ceremonial art of Australia and his native New Zealand, regarded moving

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Concerning the Aesthetic Autonomy of Animation and Why the Short Film is Not Just a Shorter Feature

August 30, 2005 J-Walt 0 Comment abstract animation, animation, article, belson, cuba, Dr. William Moritz, experimental animation, history, info, information, live performance, lumia, mclaren, Messmer, music videos, Oskar Fischinger, panushka, quay, rene clair, ruttmann, smith, synesthesia, visual music, vj

Keynote Address at Filmfest Dresden, 1995. Dr. William Moritz For the last thirty years, at least, the live-action feature film

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Making The Soul Visible

January 12, 2005 J-Walt 0 Comment abstract animation, animation, Dr. William Moritz, experimental animation, kinetica, live performance, lumia, music videos, synesthesia, visual music, vj

in the Kinetica 4 program William Moritz Oskar Fischinger, with his brilliant film Motion Painting No. 1, inspired a whole

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