Binary bit patterns

Duration: 3

Year Published: 1969

Creator: produced by Information International and Motion Graphics, Inc. ; [filmmaker,] Michael Whitney.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Whitney, Michael, filmmaker, music.; Villiers, Mr. (Charles), music.; Information International, Inc., production.; Motion Graphics, Inc., production.

Description: Animation.; Running time: 03:09.; Copyright date on film: 1969, Motion Graphics, Inc.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Music, Michael Whitney and Charles Villiers.; Youngblood, Gene. Expanded cinema, p. 234-236; Computer-generated diamond shapes connect to create larger and smaller variants. At times the bits, or small dots the computer uses to create the forms, are emphasized. The forms' colors shift in various shades of red. The film ends with the bits forming a peace sign. Throughout the film, a guitar improvises on a drone.; "Squadrons of polyhedral modules come pulsating out of a black void."--Gene Youngblood, Expanded cinema, p. 235.; Exhibited at the Second International Tournée of Animation , 1969.; PFA 1604-01-775. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected 2013/10/ 22 js; faded.; PFA 1604-01-775. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: Sept 1992: scratches; Excellent condition: color good; no splices; few light scratches; PFA 1604-01-13944. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (4 min.) (118 ft.) : opt sd., col. ; 16 mm. print. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2010/01/12 Excellent condition.; PFA 1604-01-13943. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2010/01 /12 Excellent condition.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE