Stan Vanderbeek - Visibles & Computer Generation Collection ( Science Friction / Achooo Mr. Kerrooschev / A La Mode / Breath Death / See Saw Seams / Panels for the Walls of the World / Oh / Symmetricks / Astral Man / Mankinda / What, Who, How / Wheeels 1 / Wheeels 2 / Dance of the Looney Spoons / Blacks and Whites, )

Stan Vanderbeek - Visibles & Computer Generation Collection (DVD) (*)

$60.99

Original Title: Science Friction / Achooo Mr. Kerrooschev / A La Mode / Breath Death / See Saw Seams / Panels for the Walls of the World / Oh / Symmetricks / Astral Man / Mankinda / What, Who, How / Wheeels 1 / Wheeels 2 / Dance of the Looney Spoons / Blacks and Whites,
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
286 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1957-1980 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Stan Vanderbeek
Wade Shaw
Nick Havinga
John Musilli

Written By:
Stan Vanderbeek
Stephan Chodorov

Actors:
Nikita Khrushchev ..... Self
Buster Keaton ..... Self
Stan Vanderbeek ..... Self

Synopsis:

Science Friction: This film uses stop motion animation of still photographs to convey images of politics and science in the nuclear era. The advancement of science allows man to do things he never would have been able to do without, for good or bad. Politicians are either behind the scenes manipulating those scientists or are using that science for their own goals, primarily in the space race. Everyday items and people are projected upwards - many in the form of rockets - followed by iconic structures, such as the Empire State Building, the US Capitol, the Washington Monument, the Eiffel Tower and the Kremlim, being rocketed skyward as visual representations of that race into space. Achooo Mr. Kerrooschev: Combines live photography and collage animation in one film. A cut-out of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev sails over newspaper articles as they take place. A La Mode: An experimental short film centered around a collage of magazine and sound clips. Breath Death: An apocalyptic vision using cartoons and other imagery. See Saw Seams: An artistic short film directed by Stan Vanderbeek. Panels for the Walls of the World: 1967 short animation by Stan Vanderbeek. Oh: Assassination, falling down, animated drawings from the landscape of memory, mankind falling down, faces with faces, a haunting view of man drawn in brilliant animation graphics. Symmetricks: Against a black background and a pulsating beat matching white symmetrical geometric flashes around a central orb, white lines are drawn in mirror images vertical to each other. The images created are generally a myriad of faces in silhouette. Those silhouettes however often take on abstract forms in their entirety. Astral Man: An animated vision… a subliminal glance at man in light and space. Mankinda: An animated drawing done directly under the camera, combining painterly images and a drawn calligraphy, the works unfolds as you watch, permitting the viewer to see the process of the drawing. What, Who, How: A subversive experimental film by Stan Vanderbeek which combines unrelated yet disturbing images. Wheeels 1: A companion piece to Wheeeels No. 2, exploring more of the highways and by-ways of "American on Wheels" with the filmmaker's gentle surgery on the American pop-consciousness very much in evidence. Wheeels 2: Dedicated to Detroit and subtitled 'America on wheels.' A fantasy farce farce on the car of everyday life. Everything is a vehicle, life is in motion, motion is the means, the automation is the mean mania of today. Dance of the Looney Spoons: An animated and live action fantasy, the loop de loops of ten spoons, forks and tableware … a parable in the shape of a soup spoon … conceived as a children's film. Blacks and Whites, Days and Nights: A 'drawn' film, with images that are constantly changing, drawings of landscapes that keep escaping, traces of faces, everything is almost what it is but never stays that way. The soundtrack punches out a wild monotone of dirty, nonsense limericks to the accompaniment of hand-drawn images related only in their complementary rhythm. Skullduggery: A subversive experimental short against the ruling class. The Human Face Is a Monument: Camera animation over stills, 'a portrait study of mankind, beginning with an infant and growing up to old age and death... using still pictures from the collection of 'magnum photos on the range of expression and moods of people from all over the world, it reflects the human condition.' The Smiling Workman: Performance art collaboration between Jim Dine and Stan VanDerBeek. Birth of the American Flag. Poemfield No. 1: COMPUTER ART SERIES is animated computer/graphic films. The series is called POEMFIELD. All of these films explore variations of poems, computer graphics, and in some cases combine live action images and animation collage; all are geometric and fast moving and in color. There are eight films in the computer animated art series. As samples of the art of the future all the films explore variations of abstract geometric forms and words. In effect these works could be compared to the illuminated manuscripts of an earlier age. Now typography and design are created at speeds of 100,000 decisions per second, set in motion a step away from "mental movies." POEMFIELD No. 2 and 5 are all colorized by Brown and Olvey. Poemfield n°2: To create his 'Poemfields' (1965-71) series, VanDerBeek worked closely with computer scientist Ken Knowlton and the staff at Bell Labs. Each 'Poemfield' was adapted from poems by VanDerBeek, programmed on an IBM 7094 computer in black and white using a custom language known as BEFLIX, and colored after the fact by artists Robert Brown and Frank Olvey. Poemfield No. 2 features a soundtrack by jazz percussionist Paul Motian, known for his collaborations with Bill Evans. Poemfield No. 3: In this pioneering work of early computer art, geometric groupings of monochrome patterns and words are created with the program BEFLIX, which was developed in the 1960s by Bell Telephone Laboratories programmer Kenneth Knowlton. Poemfield No. 5: COMPUTER ART SERIES is animated computer/graphic films. The series is called POEMFIELD. All of these films explore variations of poems, computer graphics, and in some cases combine live action images and animation collage; all are geometric and fast moving and in color. There are eight films in the computer animated art series. As samples of the art of the future all the films explore variations of abstract geometric forms and words. In effect these works could be compared to the illuminated manuscripts of an earlier age. Now typography and design are created at speeds of 100,000 decisions per second, set in motion a step away from "mental movies." POEMFIELD No. 2 and 5 are all colorized by Brown and Olvey. Poemfield No. 7: Calligraphic computer animation of the enigmatic poem 'There is no way to peace- Peace is the way.' Black and white animation is colored by Brown/ Olvey. This film with soundtrack by John Cage is a lyric accidental stylization of christian myth/crosses. The patterns are written by random programs on a computer with help by Ken Knowlton. Moirage: A study in ocular illusions, pattern superimposition producing other patterns and illusions of three dimensionality. A thorough demonstration of the richness and varied qualities of moiré patters by the acknowledged scientist/artist Gary Oster. Who Ho Ray No. 1: The shapes of sound filmed from a computer system that reproduces analog patterns from sounds. This pioneer work in animated computer mandalas is a lyrical, abstract song with analog rhythms. Who Ho Ray No. 2. Ad Infinitum. Euclidean Illusions: A fantasy film of illusive geometry, changing and rebuilding itself by computer animation, unique visual magic done while artist-in-residence at NASA in Houston in conjunction with Richard Weinberg. Stan Vanderbeekiana: The pioneering film experimenter Stan VanDerBeek at home discusses his work, found images, toys, inventions, the importance of his family and friends, and tours his 'moviedrome' for seeing films against the inside of a giant hemisphere. He reflects on 'film as an experience, not an artifact'. 'It is the aesthetic of anticipation, as distinct from that of meditation.' Includes excerpts from his films 'Will', 'See Saw Seams', 'Image After Image After Image,' and 'Poemfield #1'. Stan Vanderbeek: The Computer Generation: Stan VanDerBeek, experimental filmmaker at work with friend and computer expert Wade Shaw, at the sophisticated new (1972) computer at MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, and discussing the inevitable interaction of computers with artistic creativity. Clips from several VanDerBeek films.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 17 March, 2024.