31 Dec 1956
No. 11: Mirror Animations
Cut up animation and collage technique by Harry Smith synchronized to the jazz of Thelonious Monk's Mysterioso.
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A deep dive into a snowstorm of structural chaos and a blizzard of exploding gestural animation.
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