Ever since the dawn of film, a number of artists imagined a language of audiovisual connections, so tight that the senses are almost fused and a new form of synaesthetic art is created. This showcase will be a mixture of some of the important abstract ‘visual music’ short films as well as newer works. this is the list of the works shown (in digital format, wherever possible re-mastered, though many of them are very rare pieces):
- Hans Richter – Rhythmus 21
- Oskar Fischinger – An Optical Poem
- Mary Ellen Bute – Escape
- Norman McLaren – Synchromy
- Dwinell Grant – Composition 2
- John Whitney – Matrix
- Jordan Belson – Allures
- Jan Svankmajer – Fantasia in B Moll
- Norman McLaren – Canon
- Harry Smith – Film No.3 : Interwoven
- Dienstelle / Alva Noto – Neue Stadt
- Dylan Kendle – Hamburg Hotel
- reMI – Zijkfijergijok
- Alexander Rutterford – Gants Graf
- [n:ja] & Radian – Frame
- Carl Turton – Objects, Sounds & Movements