"Early Abstractions" (1946-57), Pt. 4

[OreoMakesBeats]

#JEREMIAH JAE



[mariothepookster]

enjoyed the creativity

[whocares1694]

This is the type of stuff my mother said Harry showed her in 1962 when I was 14 in NYC, I remember him as a friendy, nice guy!

[iMrKronic]

i wish i could remake stuff like this

[NewLouReeds]

I think.

[NewLouReeds]

and this is actually part of "heaven and earth magic," not "early absractions."

[klaythan]

@NewLouReeds wrong

[NewLouReeds]

live performances included up to 5+ projectors and live music. 

[keyboardhero521]

CAnt type v ery wll right now, my eyeballs arestill dangling over m y cheeks but thank you very much fo0r posting this incredible work.

[ludvik199t]

WOW im breathless man, this is so awesome!

thank you so much!

[cmoss420]

This is the most psychedelic shit I have ever witnessed!!!! Amazing and thank you for posting this. Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

[lymphatico]

@callaviejachocha Google "cutout animation" — think collage + stop motion. He shot this in 1957, so there's nothing too sophisticated going on in terms of technology… just lots and lots and lots of creativity.

[callaviejachocha]

i am an artist myself and i would like to know how this was done. I mean... which was the media used, eventually how it was executed. if someone knows it would be helpful for my practice.

[raatlokum]

This reminds me the Monthy Python's animations.

[mouse264]

@raatlokum If you mean Terry Gilliam's, well they're both stopmo :T

[paulmacmanusa]

@mouse264 and use cutouts,with a low jerky frame rate,and have spatial distortions(huge hands,feet..),bizarre interactions/morphs...without the smart you're just an arse

[sclogse1]

There was a documentary about Harry Smith around 2008-2009.. in the San Francisco film festival..about his times with Ginsberg, and his work in saving rare 78's, as during WWII they were being melted down.

There's a great book out that got me here...called Harry Smith The Avante Garde in the American Vernacular. Fabulous that you posted this.

[roboneko77]

I remember the time I first smoked weed

[TheFakeseeker]

(L)

[klakkin]

far out

[IKSIRB68]

I kinda miss acid sometimes. Oh well. cool video.

[DMLU7]

@IKSIRB68 haha i was thinking i miss it too.

[sonicjay007]

~ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ~

[shantidude]

Reminds me a bit of Terry Giliam's animation... I wonder if Harry Smith was an influence on him...

[MVillani1985]

I wish Harry Smith's style would have caught on for an actual movie style.

[PrincessZelda613]

I completely agree.

[esorciccio78]

awesome

[HolyGhost66]

love the style, very cool x

[nevesaj]

AMAZING!!!

[andreadc]

delightful!

[binary132]

reminds me of monty python animations.. lol

[underduressss]

This reminds me of bottomdogman.  Love!

[Zacoska]

wow this is beautiful, really like =)

[dannybOMFG]

what the hell is this it feels like ive had the worst trip of my life

[jennyxmk]

i feel as though part 4 doesn't quite fit in with parts 1-3, i think the film could have ended successfully with part 3 (the strongest part in my opinion), this is interesting and amusing to watch though

[DreamingTurtle]

Thanks for posting. I love this film. If I remember right, this has it's roots in Theosophy and the occult. Quite impressive for its' time.

[alpswissart]

is more dadaismus then abstraction.

[PierreRadulescu]

Is this still the score of Teiji Ito? For the other three Early Abstractions I recognized the music from Shamanic Principles of Ito. Here I am not so sure any more.

[TaylorConrad8098]

thats beautiful

[johnblattnerstudios]

trippy

[puritycharge]

Likewise...maybe the archive will release something soon...this helps...thankyou for posting it don juan.

[Dreamcube017]

Wow, this stuff is interesting. I had no idea it was around that long. I wonder what it all means... I bet you could have an entire class on this stuff.

[Photophobia]

f***ing genius

[prettysexyandsatanic]

this is so good. I've been waiting years for a dvd collection of Harry Smith films. Hopefully this will eventually be realised.

[michaeluna]

Thank you for posting this.

[SeanBoke]

Everyone should check out the website for the Harry Smith Archives. If you have a chance to see any of his films on film... do it.

[SupremeOm]

Harry Smith is a REAL artist.

[frumiousbandersnatch]

This is beautiful. I am madly in love with Harry Smith's animations.