Lillian Schwartz Movies

“Lines and rectangles are the geometric shapes basic to ENIGMA, a computer graphics film full of subliminal and persistent image effects. In a...

A 4 minute film based on flowing changing images from liquid-like faces to flashing abstract imagery.

A number of telephones from the very first invention by Alexander Graham Bell to the present-day cellular and voice phones are morphed in an...

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Over two hours of rare performances, interviews, animations, and experimental video. Milton Babbit’s discussion of the difficulties of working...

Music performed by The New York Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Pierre Boulez. Schwartz manipulates by computer, in real-time the images of...

Escher-like images stepping through the frames to the music of a jazz group. Delightful–shows a depth in the imagery not accomplished by...

Beginning with footage of sea birds in flight, the film image is then optically scanned and transformed by the computer. The geometric overlay on...

This tape combines live-images filmed in the Yucatan with output from the Paik video-synthesizer ribboned with computer-generated images.

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Music by Albert E. Miller. Experimental work with dancer and musicians to combine and present an unusual choreography of performers and music as a...

Filmed directly from color television controlled by computer programs. Beautifully flowing shapes that overlap and intertwine.

Computer-simulated disk galaxies that are superimposed and twirl through space in beautiful colors at different speeds.

A single bird in flight is transformed, enhanced and interpreted so as to present a unique visual experience. From its original inception in a 128...

The artist uses the computer to accent and control a mime’s disciplined choreography. Studies in facial distortions with lens distortions....

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Music “Canzoni per sonar a quattro” by Giovanni Gabrieli, performed by Elizabeth Cohen, Max Mathews, and Gerard Schwarz. Images generated...

Abstract images of frame-by-frame animation with subtle growing effects of crystals are enhanced by polarized colors.

This animation can be watched in 2D or using Chromadepth Glasses in 3D.

This animation can be watched in 2D or using Chromadepth Glasses in 3D.