"Early Abstractions" (1946-57), Pt. 3

[redmercer]

Milkdrop in the 50's

[VjArkiv]

ArkiVisuA!

Vintage *!*

[hundredsroadwerewolf]

Stunning - thanks for posting this.

[MitsuhideTheVagrant]

Simplistic, but very evocative. I like it. =)

[36TransMohn]

happiness

[Brads4e]

With a didgeridoo the song and the vídeo will be awsome!

[dragonstick18]

definition is only a susequent parellality with perspective. so wot was animation then, surely is and isnt animation now.

[miriamreendalls]

harry!

[roboneko77]

weed

[matttttt84]

@roboneko77

and more weed

[pochipotch]

これは何？computer graphics？

[dizestu]

sounds like aborygene music

[r41zcu4dr4d4d3E]

殘酷很有創意

[PrincessZelda613]

I apologize if this question has been asked quite a lot, but what happened to film number 6?

[parangutirimicuara]

Wooow!

Para disfrutarse después de haber ingerido su buena dosis de peyote xD

[FelixLeeArtist]

who made the music?

[FatherJustify]

what is the music? I really liked it, you can find a similar song in the movie "there will be blood".

Thanks for sharing this excellent video.

[NicoleKidA]

Are you referring to "Convergence" by Jonny Greenwood? You should look into his Bodysong OST. It's really good.

These earlier animations are usually set to minimalist musical compositions.

[FatherJustify]

yes bodysong is great, i was referring "proven lands" from there will be blood OST, which is more chatoc less shamanic. Actually, after listening again the 2 song there are really no similarity, guess i was high at that time !!

[93hadit]

love this. please message me if you have mahagonny! i've never gotten to see it and there haven't been any showings since the restoration. also i need this

Early Abstractions [VHS] (VHS Tape - Jun 29, 1987) desperately!

[konjunktion26]

get some dope and watch this musicvideo and you will be fine! :-)

[theviker]

this is when you tube really comes into its own, thanks for putting this up

[nassaudesouza]

Estou incluindo este vídeo no meus favoritos. Muito Obrigado!

[londonpenda]

Excellent work.

This was made when I was born, and all these years later, here I am doing similar videos.....

Amazing...

[pontikas]

This is cool. I really like Oskar Fischinger. I wish i had a nice abstract animation for my song "Brain". I wonder though if it would would for the particular song. What do you think ?

[atomicsoda]

the linking of sound with music is somewhat of a phenomena. i think its more about the pace than anything. if you already have the song i would try playing it with a few different animations, then change if you feel the animation might be too slow or fast

[digifilm]

This film is not by Oskar Fischinger, it's by Harry Smith.

[lloplop]

and who said it was by Oskar Fischinger? it says homage to. check the info man. it clearly says by Harry Smith.

[SpaceOverflow]

Just imagine what this guy could do if he had the latest computers . . . WOW

[IcemanIceman007]

It would look like crap like all the other 3D animated garbage. I'm glad he was around when actual animation was thriving.

[atomicsoda]

agreed

[squidtantrum]

@Caesaurus

Ryan infuriates me imo. The aesthetic is bothersome and the piece itself is narcissistic... since Chis likened himself to Ryan Larkin.

[Nathan007able]

@SpaceOverflow Knowing Harry he'dhae shunned computer graphics;he prided himself in his ability to invent his form as much from scratch as possible. He us an old Bell and Howell; very old and actually drew his figures directly on the film. There's few who could top his originaliy. He worked in long spurts and was prone to getting high and drunk most of the time; he exhausted himself and hardly eveer worked. But when he did; he was the best

[MagdaJitrik]

This is incredible. I'm really moved by this artist

[vokshumana]

Timothy Leary used this kind of cinema to illustrate to his audience how God thinks.

[anj777]

These were all hand-painted...frame by frame!

Harry Smith was a Genius!

[drhulkjr]

the early reflections werde done with optical printing. the ones after were directly painted on film. try to find a screening of it in 16mm, it does a much better job than utube :-)

[suckerdwsp316]

how did they create this in the 40s ? seems impossible

[Chasmodon]

That almost took me out of MY OWN MIND.

And I'm not high.

[MIKECNW]

I figure computer graphics had its beginnnings but in the 60's but 40's and 50's?

[squishdude]

it wasnt computer graphics it was the use of light projecting and shape overlaying. very smart process for its time but quite simple when looked at in depth!

[deadbeatclothingtv]

Fantastic!

[dreamcrusher5]

amazing.

[GAR3456]

gui boratto- chromophobia :P

[potentmixture]

This is super-groovy! Is this multiple exposures? Cool stuff. A little bit like what I'm doing with videofeedback - Check it, y'all!

[Optimus6128]

The oldest demos ever =)

[ignaciomasllorens]

Amazing!

[steadfastcoward]

My my, that was so much fun! Thank you kindly!

[klakkin]

sounds like native american singing ,..Yummy visuals

[iridefelice]

it's wonderful....

[acetremendous]

These films were 100% handmade by Harry Smith.

They are influenced by, and meant as tributes to, the work of Fischinger. Sorry for any confusion.

[acetremendous]

He did a great deal of painting but destroyed all of it in the 1940s. Given the meticulous joy of his films, one can imagine how interesting those paintings might have been.

[1folding1]

Is this the original film actually made by Fischinger? Seems it cant be posted on UBU web due to copyright and am wondering if this is his wrk - and what was the date and where it was released. AWESOME!

[acetremendous]

BTW - definitely NOT the son of Crowley. He was the son of a couple of Theosophists (look it up - they are/were whacked!) and he grew into a man fascinated with, and knowledgeable about, a bewildering array of philosophies and esoteric ideas. He only got around to the OTO in the '70s.

[acetremendous]

#5 is subtitled "homage to Fischinger". The soundtrack was originally meant to be Dizzy Gillespie, not this awful-sounding stuff - though he did sometimes simply play records or the radio as a soundtrack. (He even re-cut some to fit "Meet the Beatles"!)

[acetremendous]

PLEASE put "Harry Smith" in your title and search terms so fans can find it, thanks. He is well known and loved for compiling the incredible Anthology of American Folk Music. A compulsive record collector, friends said that he would beg and cajole his way into borrowing all of his friends' best records, but once they entered his apartment they never left. Many of these films were hand painted, slung up on shelves of records for each layer to dry.

[doublearejazz]

very nice..

:-)

..you wonna see/hear something very aesthetically and beautiful ..??

look for video : "bach sarabande jazz guitar" -

..you ll be nicely surprised ..

:-) !

[spensTedes]

fazowe...mocno fazowe

[JJ77TTUU3]

circles make the flow better... fishinger was squared up too much for me

[Dreamcube017]

I wonder how to make these. I wanna make some.

I know it's animation and video editing... and a good proccessor... well, taht's what it is now.

[agsystems]

i love this

[iLiketoWatch2006]

thank you for posting

[Photophobia]

very druggy. very good. thanks.

[smalin]

Who did this animation?

[SpiritDesire]

Harry Smith, occultist and filmmaker. Claimed to be the son of Aleister Crowley. Contemporary of Kenneth Anger, another avant garde filmmaker who's films carry occult themes. He spent up to ten years making some of these movies.