James Whitney Trailers
Kang jing xiang TrailerWu ming TrailerDwija Trailer
James Whitney was a filmmaker regarded as one of the great masters of abstract cinema. Several of his films are classics in the genre of visual music.
Kang jing xiang TrailerWu ming TrailerDwija Trailer
James Whitney was a filmmaker regarded as one of the great masters of abstract cinema. Several of his films are classics in the genre of visual music.
Total trailers found: 12
09 February 1944
Two short fragments resulting from experiments in controlling the mechanical development of the instrument.
11 August 1966
James Whitney’s Lapis (1966) is a classic work of abstract cinema, a 10-minute animation that took three years to create using primitive computer equipment.
21 December 1943
Begins with a three beat announcement drawn out in time which thereafter serves as a figure to divide the four sections.
31 July 1944
Opens with a short canonical statement of a theme upon which the entire film is constructed. The canon is repeated in contrasting variations by means of color.
15 May 1944
The entire film is divided into four consecutive chosen approaches—the fourth section devoted to a reiteration and extension of the original material.
01 October 1973
Dwija (1973), meaning “twice-born” or “soul” in Sanskrit. Completely solarized, its imagery is rear projected and re-photographed, to create a constant flow of hardly definable transformations of color and form.
01 January 1959
High Voltage is constructed from footage James Whitney contributed to Belson for use in one of his Vortex concerts.
01 January 1957
A visual poem of neutrons exploding and merging, with complex animation and colour effects made possible by the use of a computer.