Sunday, April 12, 2009

floating in the air above out of which it has arisen








oskar fischinger - wax experiments - 1923-1927



oskar fischinger - an optical poem - 1938









mary ellen bute - tarantella - 1940






annie besant & charles leadbetter - thought-forms - 1847-1933

8 comments:

the art of memory said...

this post is a real bute

Woolgathersome said...

I'll say.... (!)

gossamer said...

thanks, you two *

H.P. Willis said...

new reader, but this has me sold. have you seen len lye work? http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4r76e_a-color-box-len-lye-1935_creation
same batik film techniques. total genius.

gossamer said...

indeed !
i am familiar with lye's work. they all definitely tie in together... i was first introduced to his films, including the color box, at the visual music exhibition in d.c. a few years back. thanks for the comment (and for sharing the link). really great stuff !

the art of memory said...

i saw this great documentary on lye a while back, keep wanting to see it again, great work i agree, wish there were more books and dvds on these guys.

CVM said...

Fischinger DVD, plus a Lye documentary on DVD, plus links to MANY books on these artists, all at Center for Visual Music's online store at
www.centerforvisualmusic.org/store

And, the online library at CVM has many texts and resources on these artists.
www.centerforvisualmusic.org

Bute research pages:
www.centerforvisualmusic.org/Bute

Fischinger research pages:
www.centerforvisualmusic.org/Fischinger

Anonymous said...

good