Len Lye 'the least boring person who ever lived' described by poet Alistair Reid. Lye was a filmmaker, sculptor and writer invented ways to make films without a camera. He was a big part of the upsurge of experimental filmmaking in the 40s. Some of his films are displayed below...
Alexander Alexeieff and wife Claire Parker collaborated for some 50 years making experimental film and music. Their film Night on Bald Mountain (below) took a total of 16.000 images and one and a half years to complete. The animators pushed pins into and out of a screen creating variations from black and white shades of grey that resulted in a compelling three-dimensional effect...
STAN BRAKHAGE
Stan Brakhage made more than 250 films using a variety of techniques such as scratching and painting onto film or even baking it or scratching the surfaces. Brakhage tried to recreate the state between being asleep or awake, what he called 'hypnoagogic vision'. A short film of his is below...
JULES ENGEL
Jules Engel made films using shapes and colour along with music to communicate with the audiences. I really like his work and it will definitely help and influence me with this project. I find it really interesting watching the shapes move along with the music chosen to accompany the animation. A few of Engels films are below...
NORMAN MCLAREN
Norman McLaren was a Scottish filmmaker who began his career in the 1930s. He made more than 50 films which explored the relationship between colour, sound and music rather than narrative. I have placed some of his films below...
I especially like 'Spook Sport' I really like the colours and the simple narrative, I want to use this sort of style in my work...
LARRY CUBA
Larry Cuba was an architecture student who gave up and started making film art. He collaborated with John Whitney Snr, who invited Cuba to work with him. A few of his films are below...
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