Sandra NaumannMary Ellen Bute: Seeing SoundLecture + Screening
11.10.2019 18:00hKuppelhallefree entry
Sandra Naumann introduces us to the works of Mary Ellen Bute. In the 1930s Bute (1906-1983) belonged to the pioneers of abstract film in the USA; in the 1950s she was one of the first filmmakers to explore the possibilities of electronic image generation. In her short films she began to transfer the principles of musical composition to the creation of visual materials and tried various ways of linking sound and image. Starting with RHYTHM IN LIGHT (1934) she first produced a series of black-and-white films where she coordinated distorted images of everyday objects with classical music.
In the late 1930s she turned to animation techniques and early colour film techniques; the free creation of form and colour allowed her to open up a whole new spectrum of linking acoustic and visual elements which she continued to develop in films like TARANTELLA (1940). Later, in films such as ABSTRONIC (1952), she combined animated images with figures she generated from synchronised music by using an oscilloscope.
+ Screenings of Short Films by Mary Ellen Bute: AbstronicTarantellaColor Rhapsody
[DE] Sandra Naumann gibt uns eine Einführung in das künstlerische Schaffen der experimentellen Filmemacherin Mary Ellen Bute. In den 1930er Jahren gehörte Bute zu den Pionieren des abstrakten Films in den USA und war bald eine der ersten Filmschaffenden, die die Möglichkeiten der elektronischen Bilderzeugung und die verschiedenen Möglichkeiten der Verbindung von Ton und Bild erforschten.
+ Filmvorführung: Kurzfilme von Mary Ellen Bute