Rhythm in Light – 1934 (1934)
By Mary Ellen Bute
By Melville Webber, Mary Ellen Bute, and Theodore Nemeth, 1934, 5 minutes Music: „Peer Gynt Suite“ by Edvard Grieg Courtesy: Mary Ellen Bute, Theodore Nemeth, Anthology Film Archives Bute used Webber’s experience with making cardboard models and with photographing in soft focus and through prisms to produce multiple refractions and reflections. In addition, she used cellophane, ping-pong balls, sparklers, eggbreaters, and bracelets to create a work that, while pushing toward abstraction, does not completely leave the objective world behind. (R. Bruce Elder)
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