Lillian Schwartz Movies

A colorful collage, with a subtle ecology theme, made largely from footage from trial runs of programs used for many of the other films.

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

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

“Apotheosis, which is developed from images made in the radiation treatment of human cancer, is the most beautiful and the most subtly textured...

Extended editing techniques based on Land’s experiments affect the viewer’s sensory perceptions.

Digital Animation | 02"50

Study in motion based on Muybridge’s photographs of man running.

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

“The changing dots, ectoplasmic shapes and electronic music of L. Schwartz’s ‘Mutations’ which has been shot with the aid of...

This film is strongly rooted in its underlying mathematical structure which forms the basis for the images. The music by Jean Claude Risset is...

Music by Albert E. Miller. Computer-controlled ability to store one frame in the computer and combine this frame with the incoming frames permits...

Mathematical functions are the basis for a science film on contour plots and an art film. Both are shown simultaneously at a two screen production...

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

Blasting off into cosmic visual abstraction, pioneering computer artist Lillian Schwartz’s UFOs is a kinetic tour-de-force whose innovative...

An illusion of 3 dimensions is achieved by a blending of mathematics and physics to carry the spectator through a new range of audio and visual...

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Music by Albert E. Miller. Combination of musicians and dancers in free form movements captured by computer-controlled-video which permits...

Music by Albert E. Miller. Combination of musicians and dancers in free form movements captured by computer-controlled-video which permits...

A playful concoction of computer produced images, a few hand-animated scenes and shots of lab equipment. Made largely from left-overs from scientific...

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