Mary Ellen Bute & Ted Nemeth – Synchromy No. 2 (1936)
Quote:
“While German absolute filmmakers often drew on J. S. Bach for their understanding of form, Bute derived hers from mathematician Joseph Schillinger, as the SYNCHROMY series show. The visuals are reflections and refractions of light from glass colanders. The music is Wagner’s O’Evening Star – a Venus statue represents the star.” – R. Bruce Elder
Quote:
Screen titles introduce the film as an attempt to see sound. Reinald Werrenrath sings Wagner’s “O Evening Song,” as the artist creates moods through the eye. The abstract forms are generated by light playing on paper clips, jars, rings, and paper cut outs that are then rendered in multiple images. Shapes like stairways appear as the light exposes first the bottom then more; then the light gradually leaves. A statue of a woman appears. Shapes materialize then disappear. Reflection, refraction, dissolves, and superimposition combine with kaleidoscope effects. A lily appears as the song ends.
Mary Ellen Bute & Ted Nemeth - 1936 - Synchromy No. 2.mkv
General
Container: Matroska
Runtime: 5 min 11 s
Size: 102 MiB
Video
Codec: x264
Resolution: 678x480 ~> 678x508
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Frame rate: 23.976 fps
Bit rate: 2 528 kb/s
BPP: 0.324
Audio
#1: 2.0ch AC-3 @ 224 kb/s
Language(s):None
Subtitles:None
