28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

25. 10.–3. 11. 2024
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Permutations
Permutations
Permutations
Permutations

Permutations

John Whitney / United States / 1967 / Czech Premiere / 8 min.


synopsis

The permutations of dancing dot patterns and geometric shapes, which the computer-generated film performs to the playful rhythm of Balachander's tabla playing, test the boundary between order and chaos. The polyphonic visual composition unfolds along an axis of contrapuntal principles, but placing structure against structure instead of note against note.

“My computer is like a piano. I could continue to use it creatively all my life.”

Source: Gene Youngblood: Expanded Cinema, New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1970, s. 207.

biography

John Whitney (1917–1955) was a leading exponent of computer animation and the American film avant-garde. With his brother James, he made five Film Exercises (1941–1944), created the opening credits for Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) with Saul Bass, and focused on title sequences with his company Motion Graphic Inc., which he founded in 1960. He used a sophisticated analogue computer he built himself to create them. In 1966, he became an artist-in-residence at IBM and began experimenting with the digital computer. In 2021, the Ji.hlava IDFF screened his film Celery Stalks at Midnight (1951).

more about film

director: John Whitney
producer: John Whitney

contact

Cinédoc Paris Films Coop
cinedoc@wanadoo.fr

Screening time

Friday 25. 10. 2024, 20:00

Kino Dukla – Edison

Friday 01. 11. 2024, 17:00

Kino Dukla – Reform

Film at festival

premiere type:Czech Premiere
festival edition:2024
section:Fascinations: Computing Film
language:No Dialogue
subtitles:No Subtitles
colour:Colour

Info

director:John Whitney
original title:Permutations
country:United States
year:1967
running time:8 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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