Symphonie Diagonale

A film by Viking Eggeling

  • 1924
  • 7 min (approx.)
  • 35mm, black and white, silent
A still from Symphonie Diagonale.

Lines, arcs and comb shapes sprout from tilted forms, vanish and start again in cycles of a second or two. Erna Niemeyer animated it from Eggeling's drawings by snipping tin-foil cut-outs a fraction at a time between frames.

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Public domain in the US; copy posted by Música Visual // Visual Music

Symphonie Diagonale

Public domain in the US; copy posted by Música Visual // Visual Music. Open on YouTube

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