Infinite Escher

You're watching video history! This film was created in 1990 by the Sony HDVS Soft Center to demonstrate the nascent High Definition Video technology. When this movie first debuted in the main store window of Sony Town in Akihabara, passers by would gasp in amazement at the clarity and sharp crisp focus of the picture.

Infinite Escher is a paean to German mathematician and artist [Edit: Dutch Graphic Designer] MC Escher. It stars a young Sean Ono Lennon as a teen who starts experiencing visions of various MC Escher paintings, drawings and mechanical draughts. How many MC Escher motifs can you count?

Although the special effects now seem passe, this video was truly cutting edge at release, a collaboration of avant gard industry artists: Directors John Sanborn, Mary Perillo, Dean Winkler; Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Art Direction by Nam June Paik.

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Film & Animation

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• short
• film

[hmanham]

I think this kid just discovered LSD.

[magegirl8]

haha, lil sean on drugs. educational drugs no less. boy, this reminds me of watching ghost writer as a kid.

[ma1achite]

Sean Lennon looks like Harry Potter.

[satjiwan]

Sean Ono Lennon = American Harry Potter (without the scar and an abstract Hedwig).

JK Rowling/Disney should be ashamed of ripping this off...

[CRM09ify]

Look at the right side of the scene at 7:04, 9/11 towers!!!

[EversionBoy2000]

Infinite Escher wierd. I made something wierd as well called Yolk the week

[idlehands237]

You do all realize thats Sean Lennon...John Lennons son, right? Hes awesome!

[0000song0000]

Anybody have it in HD?

[swallowthemind]

Theirs some fuckin retarded comments on here, this video is genius shear genius if you even know a tiny bit about escher you can appreciate it if however like me you adore MC Escher the references to his many works are many!!