Diagonal Symphony
Brief Synopsis
This presents a tilted figure with a series of straight lines and curves that occasionally sprout from the existing design.
Cast & Crew
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Viking Eggeling
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Symphonie diaganale
Genre
Short
Experimental
Music
Release Date
1919
Technical Specs
Duration
5m
Synopsis
This presents a tilted figure with a series of straight lines and curves that occasionally sprout from the existing design.
Director
Viking Eggeling
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Symphonie diaganale
Genre
Short
Experimental
Music
Release Date
1919
Technical Specs
Duration
5m
Articles
Diagonal Symphony (1924) -
Diagonal Symphony (1924): One of the German silent era's earliest surviving experimental shorts is this study in transforming geometric designs by Swiss artist Viking Eggeling, who was prominent in Dadaist circles and created this from a series of sketches he compiled on scrolls he termed "picture rolls." Tragically he passed away shortly after this short's first public screening in Berlin, but his striking film (the only one still existing of the pair he created in his lifetime) went on to influence many filmmakers including Stan Brakhage.
Diagonal Symphony (1924) -
Diagonal Symphony (1924): One of the German silent era's earliest surviving experimental shorts is this study in transforming geometric designs by Swiss artist Viking Eggeling, who was prominent in Dadaist circles and created this from a series of sketches he compiled on scrolls he termed "picture rolls." Tragically he passed away shortly after this short's first public screening in Berlin, but his striking film (the only one still existing of the pair he created in his lifetime) went on to influence many filmmakers including Stan Brakhage.
