Dallas Medianale "Ultraseeing at the Nasher"

Sunday's screening at the Nasher Sculpture Center was fascinating and instructive.  The wide variety of films shown offered a new perspective on many of the techniques we've explored in class.  This was my first experience watching color 16mm and I was impressed by the vibrance and  smoothness of the films.  

• Chromophonie, by Alexandre Vitkine, was a fascinating study in color and sound.  The interference and moire patterns created amazingly complex and I was left wondering what method was used both to create the image and to colorize it.   
• Matrix III, by John Whitney, was interesting not just because of the early computer graphics, but because of the soundtrack by Terry Riley, regarded by some as one of the founders of minimalism in music.  
• All Over, by Emanuel Lefrant, was an exercise in chemically treated black leader.  The patterns and colors created on the film seemed like cells, or photographed bubbles at first.  The program notes offered less detail than I would have liked on the process involved.  
• The Sound of His Face, literally a filmed biography, Scott Stark used the same printing techniques we explored in using the PF2 to create visual rhythms.  

Overall I really enjoyed the screening and wish I could have attended more this semester.