Visual Music Movies

  • 1940
    Tarantella

    Tarantella

    Tarantella

    5.61940HD

    Here the artist creates a world of color, form, movement and sound in which the elements are in a state of controllable flux, the two materials...

    Tarantella
  • 1935
    Composition in Blue

    Composition in Blue

    Composition in Blue

    6.51935HD

    An abstract film in which every motion of coloured shapes is in strict synchronization with music. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

    Composition in Blue
  • 1937
    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)

    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)

    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)

    7.11937HD

    To the toccata portion of Bach's "Toccata and fugue in D minor," we watch a play of sorts. Blue smoke forms a background; a grid of black lines is...

    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)
  • 1952
    Abstronic

    Abstronic

    Abstronic

    6.61952HD

    A pioneer of visual music and electronic art, Mary Ellen Bute produced over a dozen short abstract animations between the 1930s and the 1950s. Set to...

    Abstronic
  • 2023
    at your own pace (film 2 edition)

    at your own pace (film 2 edition)

    at your own pace (film 2 edition)

    72023HD

    a short film documenting a day in the life of cl0ud

    at your own pace (film 2 edition)
  • 1931
    Study No. 9

    Study No. 9

    Study No. 9

    5.81931HD

    An experimental short from Oskar Fischinger

    Study No. 9
  • 2021
    What the Walls Feel

    What the Walls Feel

    What the Walls Feel

    02021HD

    The muted despair and confusion of Rob Ford or something like that.

    What the Walls Feel
  • 1939
    Dance of the Colors

    Dance of the Colors

    Dance of the Colors

    01939HD

    Tanz der Farben (1939) is by no means a lost film. Created by Hans Fischinger, Oskar’s younger brother, it is considered the last abstract film...

    Dance of the Colors