Lapis (1966)

James Whitney’s Lapis (1966) is a classic work of abstract cinema, a 10-minute animation that took three years to create using primitive computer equipment. In this piece smaller circles oscillate in and out in an array of colors resembling a kaleidoscope while being accompanied with Indian sitar music. The patterns become hypnotic and trance inducing. This work clearly correlates the auditory and the visual and is a wonderful example of the concept of synaesthesia.

Released Aug. 11, 1966 10 min None+

Genres: Animation, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.experimental-animation, imdb.computer-animation, imdb.abstract-short, imdb.experimental-short, imdb.spirituality, imdb.cg-animation, aspectratio.1-37-1

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: No Language