Oskar Fischinger: Rarities, Late Fragments & Advertising Films

Date: 6 December 2003 | Season: Oskar Fischinger

OSKAR FISCHINGER: RARITIES, LATE FRAGMENTS & ADVERTISING FILMS
Saturday 6 December 2003, at 7pm
London Goethe-Institut

A unique selection of rare films and unfinished experiments, including München-Berlin Wanderung, Spiritual Constructions and Swiss Trip (Rivers and Landscapes). There is also an opportunity to view nine of Fischinger’s advertising films including the legendary Muratti cigarette commercials.

Oskar Fischinger, Study No. 7, 1931, 16mm, b/w, sound, 3 min
Oskar Fischinger, Wax Experiments, 1923, 16mm, tinted b/w, silent, 8 min
Oskar Fischinger, Spiritual Constructions, 1927, 16mm, b/w, sound, 7 min
Oskar Fischinger, Spirals, 1926, 35mm, b/w, silent, 4 min
Oskar Fischinger, München-Berlin Wanderung, 1927, 35mm, b/w, silent, 3 min
Oskar Fischinger, Ornament Sound, 1932, 35mm, b/w, sound, 4 min
Oskar Fischinger, Study No. 8, 1931, 35mm, b/w, sound, 5 min
Oskar Fischinger, Squares, 1934, 35mm, colour, silent, 4 min
Oskar Fischinger, Coriolan Fragment (Unfinished Study No. 13), 1933-34, 35mm, b/w, silent, 1 min
Oskar Fischinger, Coloratura, 1932, 35mm, b/w, sound, 3 min
Oskar Fischinger, Kreise (Tolirag version), 1933-34, 35mm, colour, sound, 2 min
Oskar Fischinger, Muratti Privat, 1935, 35mm, b/w, sound, 3 min
Oskar Fischinger, Borg (Fiesta fragment), 1934, 35mm, b/w, sound, 1 min
Oskar Fischinger, Muntz T.V., 1952, 35mm, b/w, sound, 1 min
Oskar Fischinger, Muratti Grieft Ein, 1934, 16mm, b/w, sound, 3 min
Oskar Fischinger, Oklahomas Gas, 1952, 16mm, b/w, sound, 1 min
Oskar Fischinger, Northern Tissue, 1948, 16mm, b/w, sound, 1 min
Oskar Fischinger, Organic Fragment, 1941, 16mm, colour, silent, 1 min
Oskar Fischinger, Mutoscope Reels, c.1945, 16mm, colour, silent, 2 min
Oskar Fischinger, Motion Painting (fragments), 1950s, 16mm, colour, silent, 4 min
Oskar Fischinger, Motion Painting No. 2 (fragments), c.1960, 35mm, colour, silent, 2 min
Oskar Fischinger, Swiss Trip (Rivers and Landscapes), 1934, 35mm, colour, sound, 13 min

Oskar Fischinger films provided thanks to The Fischinger Archive, Centre for Visual Music, and The Academy Film Archive.

Screening repeats Tuesday 9 December at 7pm. The screening on Saturday evening will be introduced by Monika Koencke, PhD Research Student, Edinburgh University.

This programme will also be shown at Dundee Contemporary Arts on Sunday 14 December 2003, and Glasgow Film Theatre on Wednesday 17 December 2003.

Please Note: This programme now travels under the title “Optical Poetry: Oskar Fischinger Retrospective” and is distributed by the Center for Visual Music.

Photograph of Oskar Fischinger © Center for Visual Music, all rights reserved.

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