"Early Abstractions" (1946-57), Pt. 1

Short animations by Harry Smith.
No. 1: A Strange Dream (l946)
No. 2: Message from the Sun (1946-48)
No. 3: Interwoven (1947-49) (Part 1)

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  Film & Animation

[MightySaturn5]

Obviously Marijuana was obtainable if needed in 46'

[Anne Marie Dougherty]

does anybody know where to get these on vhs or dvd?

[freestyletrickers]

fary



[hknuddv]

I wonder if Fischinger was acquainted with the Work of Albert Hoffman? ;)

This is demonstrative of the way the avant-garde of the present seeps through layers of acceptability and morphs into the familiar artistic concepts of the future.

You can almost see the way this work seeps through the consciousness of artists over the decades and ends up as a major, yet indirect influence on familiar ideas in music videos and graphic equalisation today.

Amazing work, far ahead of its time! :)

[drumjunkie10]

the music is ILL

[robert .johnson]

didharry make the music aswell?

just wondering if i can download this but with my own 'abstract' music behind?

just asking 1st thats all.i dont want to rape the sh it out of this guys work,but the music seems , well anyway.im bored but stoned.thats why im here,hehe! concrete jungle! jah!!!

[madthrasher86]

i feel hipster when i watch this 

[sunnyshokrae]

woah... just realized your comment was three years old :/



[sunnyshokrae]

if you get the anthology of american folk music box set, they are included.

[MightySaturn5]

I agree however Marijuana does increase imagination, determination and patience so from that vantage point it might have been used however it seems most creative types are wired that way, anyway I appreciate the information and have a wonderful day/evening.

[Matthew Villani]

I know this was meant as a joke but actually it was. In the 20s a lot of people smoked weed, they called them "party cigarettes" and were sold in brighty coloured wrappers, but it's not a psychedelic drug, so it wouldn't have resulted in a video like this.