From: Sandra Naumann (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Apr 25 2006 - 08:23:06 PDT
Dear Bruce,
can you perhaps remember where this interview appeared that I could
check and cite it? Would be great.
Kind regards,
Sandra
Am 25.04.2006 um 15:14 schrieb Bruce Posner:
> In interview with Lewis Jacobs in 1992 he admitted that
> SYNCHRONIZATION was never made only discussed between Schillinger and
> Bute.
> Bruce
>
>> Hi Joost,
>>
>> thanks for your interest and the information. I have actually read
>> the article in "Experimental Cinema" and in the same
>> issue is a short note saying that Schillinger made several short
>> films to illustrate his principles of rhythm in motion. There is also
>> a reader's letter Schillinger wrote in response to an article about
>> Bute in CUE in 1939 where he claims to have made experimental
>> motions pictures in the field of pure kinetic design. Unfortunately
>> that is all I have.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Sandra
>>
>> Am 25.04.2006 um 00:46 schrieb Joost Rekveld:
>>
>>> Hi Sandra,
>>>
>>> i'm curious, where did you read this ?
>>> I'm certainly not an expert on Schillinger, the only thing I know is
>>> that he saw abstract animation as an interesting field his theories
>>> of composition could be applied, and he does talk about it in his
>>> book 'The mathematical basis of the arts', but in that book he
>>> doesn't give examples showing he ever made any himself. He does show
>>> a still 'from an experiment', which shows an image vaguely
>>> reminiscent of Bute's later work.
>>>
>>> But I guess you knew all this, did you manage to track donw the
>>> article Moritz mentioned from 'Experimental Cinema No. 5 (1934)' ?
>>>
>>> If Bill Moritz said that it was not finished, however, i'd think he
>>> would have strong reasons to say so...
>>>
>>> very curious to know more if you ever find it..
>>>
>>> kind regards,
>>>
>>> Joost.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 24 Apr 2006, at 13:18, Sandra Naumann wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Frameworkers,
>>>>
>>>> does anybody know something about the film work of Joseph
>>>> Schillinger? I have read that he made several films to demonstrate
>>>> his theory of composition. I only know that he was working with
>>>> Jacobs and Bute on a film called "synchromy". But it seems not
>>>> clear if it was ever finished (Lewis Jacobs said nothing that it
>>>> was not completed, Moritz said it was not finished). If it was
>>>> finished are there are any copies? And did he actually made other
>>>> films?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help & kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Sandra Naumann
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> (Oscar Wilde)
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