This is a work in which no images appear, yet one that gets pure identity on film. The projected film itself makes the viewer aware of where he stands. Light-colour energy patterns (analogies of neural transmission systems) generate internal colour-time shapes and make the viewer aware of the electrical-chemical functioning of his own nervous system. (P. Sharits)
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New Ratio
An exploration of the move from the 4:3 screen ratio to 16:9, now the standard for broadcast television. A hypnotic and sensory exploration of the… -
The Flicker
By implicating the retina rather than sight, this film displaces the centres of reception from the sensorial to the neural. -
Archangel
This film presents a series of flickering frames of primary colours to groaning tape manipulations. -
Arnulf Rainer
This is a film composed entirely of solid black and solid white frames, strung together in lengths as long as 24 frames and as short… -
The Flicker Film
Famous animator McLaren’s most abstract film, The Flicker Film, is marginalized to the point of being officially labelled as “unfinished” and thus ‘un
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1966
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2008
- Length
- 14'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
