Decade: pre 1960

Hydrospatial City

“Coeurs Volants” by Marcel Duchamp

Imaginary Landscape No. 4

Imaginary Landscape No. 4 is a musical composition created by John Cage.

CYSP 1

CYSP 1

Point Counter Point

Estructura Lumínica Madí ‘F’

Light Mural for KLM

Screenshot of “Light Mural for KLM”[1]

Ninth Triennial of Milan Grand Staircase

Impression, Sunrise

Light Space Modulator

[video src=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVnF9A3azSA] ‘Electrical motors in Moholy Nagy’s Light Space Modulator, set the shiny steel sculpture in motion while electrical illumination in the gallery reflected light off it and into its surroundings.  Light Prop for an Electric Stage, as the artist refered to it, not only pushes the temporal dimension of art but expands its spa

Conversion of St. Paul

The Conversion of St. Paul. 1600-1601.  [2] “Caravaggio’s technique, a high-contrast form of chiaroscuro known as tenebroso, achieves effects that bear an uncanny resemblance to Edgerton’s high-speed flash photography,” such as Milk Drop Coronet (1936) [1] “In 1600, soon after he had completed the first two canvases for the Contarelli Chapel, Caravaggio signed a contract […]

Torsos of Men and Women

Zdeněk Pešánek. Torsos of Men and Women (1936)  [1]

Human Motion Studies

Horse in Motion

Ecstasy of St. Theresa

Nude Descending a Staircase

Nude Descending a Staircase (No.2) [1]

Gare Saint Lazare

Modern Times

Great Exhibition of 1851 Crystal Palace

Milk Drop Coronet

What the scientist knows as Surface Tension is a sculptor in liquids, and fashions from them delicate shapes none the less beautiful because they are too ephemeral for any eye but that of the high-speed camera.

In the 1930s, Harold ‘Doc’ Edgerton synchronized a camera’s shutter with a  high-intensity electronic flash unit, which enabled significantly faster shutter speeds as in Milk Drop Coronet (BW, 1936, color image left, 1957.

Forbidden Planet

Len Lye: A Colour Box

Hans Richter – Rhytmus 21

Paintings of Rene Magritte

Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, 1895

Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat is considered to be the first motion picture presented to a large public audience.

Over Relief

Electric Dress

Five Film Excercises

Cinechromatic Art Machine

The first Cinechromatic Art Machine was presented in the First International Biennial in Sao Paulo, Brazil -1951.

Early video games

Tennis for Two, which you’ll see in this contribution, is considered as the first video game (not computer game!) ever.

Yantra

The work was created between 1950 and 1957 on 16 mm colour film. Dr.

Electronic Abstractions (Oscillons)

Opus 161

Turn your speakers off and hear with your eyes!