Morphing of the Telephone

A number of telephones from the very first invention by Alexander Graham Bell to the present-day cellular and voice phones are morphed in an inventive choreographic video.

Poet of His People

Pablo Neruda’s life unfolds and becomes the basis for the symbolic representation of his poem “Barcarola”, intermixing live action, still footage, computer images, dance and poetry.

Beyond Picasso

Schwartz reordered and combined angular contours, broken planes, and distorted proportions in her own pictorial structures in an homage to Picasso's style.

Rituel

Music performed by The New York Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Pierre Boulez. Schwartz manipulates by computer, in real-time the images of the Maestro to realize a unity between his music and the picture.

Mutations

“The changing dots, ectoplasmic shapes and electronic music of L. Schwartz’s ‘Mutations’ which has been shot with the aid of computers and lasers, makes for an eye-catching view of the potentials of the new techniques.” – A. H. Weiler, N. Y. Times

Apotheosis

“Apotheosis, which is developed from images made in the radiation treatment of human cancer, is the most beautiful and the most subtly textured work in computer animation I have seen.” – Roger Greenspun, N. Y. Times Award Foothills-1973.

Affinities

A ballet of squares and octagons in many forms, exhibiting a variety of geometric and sometimes sensuous interactions.

Mis-Takes

A colorful collage, with a subtle ecology theme, made largely from footage from trial runs of programs used for many of the other films.

Googolplex

Extended editing techniques based on Land’s experiments affect the viewer’s sensory perceptions.

Before Before

This animation can be watched in 2D or using Chromadepth Glasses in 3D.

Veil of Years

Slow disintegration and aging of artists head, revealing underlying bone structure. Created using old picture-phone technology. New music added in 2013.