Symmetricks


6m 1972

Brief Synopsis

A series of simple line drawings form into complex patterns.

Cast & Crew

Wade Shaw

Director

Film Details

Genre
Short
Experimental
Release Date
1972

Technical Specs

Duration
6m

Synopsis

A series of simple line drawings form into complex patterns.

Film Details

Genre
Short
Experimental
Release Date
1972

Technical Specs

Duration
6m

Articles

Symmetricks (1972) -


Stan Vanderbeek became one of the earliest practitioners of computer animation thanks to his work at Bell Labs with Ken Knowlton, including their series of Poem Field shorts. This film was made with Stan Shaw and Knowlton at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and delivers exactly what the title implies, an electronic exploration of flashing geometric shapes pulsing, forming human profiles, and spinning in psychedelic patterns.
Symmetricks (1972) -

Symmetricks (1972) -

Stan Vanderbeek became one of the earliest practitioners of computer animation thanks to his work at Bell Labs with Ken Knowlton, including their series of Poem Field shorts. This film was made with Stan Shaw and Knowlton at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and delivers exactly what the title implies, an electronic exploration of flashing geometric shapes pulsing, forming human profiles, and spinning in psychedelic patterns.

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