Screening & Live Event with Motion Graphics Pioneers
Where: Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th Ave.
718-777-6888 Price: Free with museum admission; $12 adults; $9 seniors and students; $6 children
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This compilation program evinces the arrival of the Computer Age film as an art form, showcasing works by foremost motion graphics pioneer John Whitney, his son John Whitney, Jr., and his collaborator Larry Cuba. Whitney’s masterful digital abstractions earned him the first spot as IBM’s artist-in-residence in the 1960s, and is perhaps best-known for his collaboration with Saul Bass for the breathtaking opening titles of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958).
Side Phase Drift
Dir. John Whitney, Jr. 1965, 8 mins. Digital projection.
Vertigo Title Sequence
Dir. John Whitney, Jr., Saul Bass. 1958, 2 mins. Digital projection.
Permutations
Dir. John Whitney. 1968, 6 mins. Archival 16mm © Estate of John and James Whitney.
Terminal Self
Dir. John Whitney, Jr. 1971, 8 mins. Archival 16mm © John Whitney Jr.
Arabesque
Dir. John Whitney. 1975, 7 mins. Archival 16mm © Estate of John and James Whitney.
Robert Abel And Associates Demo Reel
Dir. Robert Abel. ca. 1974, 9 mins. Digibeta.
Two Space
Dir. Larry Cuba. 1979, 8 mins. Digital projection.
3/78 (Objects And Transformations)
Dir. Larry Cuba. 1978, 6 mins. Digital projection.
Calculated Movements
Dir. Larry Cuba. 1985, 6 mins. Digital projection.
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