John Whitney Sr.

Moon Drum (1991)

Moon Drum offers an impressionistic evocation of the mood, color and feel of native American art created by computer graphics. ...

Arabesque (1975)

John Whitney's pioneering work of computer animation, Arabesque, from 1975. This flowing, abstract short film is a wonder to behold, a work of art. Like many other computer graphics pioneers, this film suggests roots in psychedelics and spiritual quests as ...

Hex Demo (1973)

A silent black and white computer graphic short film specially made to accompany John H. Whitney's Lecture on Digital Harmony at Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, in 1973. ...

Osaka 1-2-3 (1970)

Permutations (1968)

An experimental short film by John Whitney Sr. which combines animated shapes and colors; Computer graphics as dynamic, swirling art. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2014. ...

Experiments in Motion Graphics (1968)

John H. Whitney Sr. explains the graphic art potential of the computer and the methods and philosophy involved in his computer filmmaking. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012. ...

Catalog (1961)

Collection of Computer Graphic effects. ...

Blues Pattern (1958)

The Performing Painter (1955)

Directed by John Whitney. ...

Mozart Rondo (1953)

Short film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005. ...

Celery Stalks at Midnight (1951)

Early 'visual music' film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999. ...

Mahzel (1949)

(ca.1949, 16mm, b/w, sound, 3min. ...

Five Film Exercises: Film 5 (1944)

Opens with a short canonical statement of a theme upon which the entire film is constructed. The canon is repeated in contrasting variations by means of color. A second section poses the same image in deep film space. The image unfolds itself repeatedly, l ...

Five Film Exercises: Film 4 (1944)

The entire film is divided into four consecutive chosen approaches—the fourth section devoted to a reiteration and extension of the original material. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999. ...

Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3 (1944)

Two short fragments resulting from experiments in controlling the mechanical development of the instrument. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005. ...

Five Film Exercises: Film 1 (1943)

Begins with a three beat announcement drawn out in time which thereafter serves as a figure to divide the four sections. Each return of this figure is more condensed, and finally used in reverse to conclude the film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive ...

24 Variations on a Theme (1940)

First film by the Whitney brothers. ...

Abstract Cinema (1993)

Several well-known and pioneering abstract filmmakers discuss the history of non-objective cinema, the works of those that came before them and their own experiments in the field of visionary filmmaking. ...

A Personal Search For the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art (1992)

A Personal Search For the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art (1992) uses the concept of complementarity to make sense of the confusion that existed between fine art and technology in the late 20th century. ...

Home Movies 1971-81 (1985)

Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years. ...

Experiments in Motion Graphics (1968)

John H. Whitney Sr. explains the graphic art potential of the computer and the methods and philosophy involved in his computer filmmaking. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012. ...