Title from container. Films originally produced between 1933 and 1980. Accompanying booklet, entitled On pinscreens and harmonic lines : the animation of Alexeïeff, includes essays by Susan Doll and Dominique Willoughby. Special feature: Booklet; The pinscreen, a documentary by Norman McLaren; Mindscape, a film by Jacques Drouin; Alexeieff and Parker making three moods,a documentary; Gallery (engravings, portraits, tools).
Contents:
(1976). Mindscape / Night on Bald Mountain (1933) ; En passant (1944) ; Le nez = The nose (1963) ; Tableaux d'une exposition = Pictures at an exposition (1972) ; Trois thèmes = Three moods (1980) -- Advertising films: La belle au bois dormant = Sleeping beauty (1935) ; Opta empfängt (1936) ; Parade des Sools (1966) ; Étoiles nouvelles (1937) ; Fumées (1952) ; Nocturne (1954) ; Pure beauté (1954) ; Les rimes (1954) ; Masques (1955) ; La sève de la terre (1955) -- Studies and tests: Essais pendulaires = Pendulum studies ; Études de solides illusoirs = Studies of illusory solids -- Documentaries, extra features: À propos de Jivago = Zhivago ; The Alexeieff-Parker pin screen = L'écran d'épingles Alexeieff-Parker / directed by Jacques Drouin (1973) ; Alexeïeff et Parker réalisant Trois thèmes = Alexeïeff and Parker making Three moods (1980) ; Le paysagiste = Mindscape / directed by Jacques Drouin (1976).
Summary:
A collection that showcases the animation of acclaimed artist, Alexandre Alexeïeff, and his wife and collaborator, Claire Parker, famous for their pinscreen animation technique. Includes pinscreen films, advertisements made to be shown in movie theaters, photographs of Alexeïeff's still artworks, and documentaries about Alexeïeff and Parker that feature demonstrations of the pinscreen approach.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.