Synchromy No. 2
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, ...
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"This is just one of many strange films from the DVD collection "Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894-1941" and it's from Disc 3. I loved the previous film by Mary Ellen Bute on the DVD, so I looked forward to this one. It is different in that it consists of reflections and refractions on glass (almost kaleidoscopic) and was accompanied by a score from Wagner--and fortunately it's one of his less intense pieces of music. In this film, instead of trying to visualize sound in a person's head, here the film is about what images you see as you hear sounds. It..."
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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, ...