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Permutations (1968)
An experimental short film by John Whitney Sr. which combines animated shapes and colors; Computer graphics as dynamic, swirling art. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2014.
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6.9
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3.5
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Catalog (1961)
Collection of Computer Graphic effects.
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5.4
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/10/
3.3
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Five Film Exercises: Film 1 (1943)
Begins with a three beat announcement drawn out in time which thereafter serves as a figure to divide the four sections. Each return of this figure is more condensed, and finally used in reverse to conclude the film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
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10
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Blues Pattern (1958)
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10
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Mozart Rondo (1953)
Short film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
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10
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Hot House (1952)
Short film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
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6.0
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Five Film Exercises: Film 5 (1944)
Opens with a short canonical statement of a theme upon which the entire film is constructed. The canon is repeated in contrasting variations by means of color. A second section poses the same image in deep film space. The image unfolds itself repeatedly, leaving the receding image to continue on smaller and smaller. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
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10
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Hex Demo (1973)
A silent black and white computer graphic short film specially made to accompany John H. Whitney's Lecture on Digital Harmony at Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, in 1973.
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Experiments in Motion Graphics (1968)
John H. Whitney Sr. explains the graphic art potential of the computer and the methods and philosophy involved in his computer filmmaking. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
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3.5
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Matrix I (1971)
A piece of abstract cinema by John Whitney. A series squares follow a 3-dimensional track, each one with a slight delay after the other.
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5.7
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30
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Celery Stalks at Midnight (1951)
Early 'visual music' film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
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80
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3.5
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Arabesque (1975)
John Whitney's pioneering work of computer animation, Arabesque, from 1975. This flowing, abstract short film is a wonder to behold, a work of art. Like many other computer graphics pioneers, this film suggests roots in psychedelics and spiritual quests as much as engineering and mathematics. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
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5.0
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Five Film Exercises: Film 4 (1944)
The entire film is divided into four consecutive chosen approaches—the fourth section devoted to a reiteration and extension of the original material. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
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4.7
/135/
46
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45
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Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3 (1944)
Two short fragments resulting from experiments in controlling the mechanical development of the instrument. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
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35
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The Performing Painter (1955)
Directed by John Whitney.
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3.5
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Matrix III (1972)
An abstract computer-generated animation set to music by Terry Riley.
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Moon Drum
Moon Drum offers an impressionistic evocation of the mood, color and feel of native American art created by computer graphics.
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Blues Pattern (1956)
A UPA/CBS cartoon film by Ernest Pintoff and John Whitney, music by Shorty Rogers.
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Mahzel
(ca.1949, 16mm, b/w, sound, 3min.)


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