#maryellenbute — Public Fediverse posts

And finally, here’s American animator and musician Mary Ellen Bute’s first color film, 1938’s “Synchromy No. 4: Escape” (https://youtu.be/YRmu-GcClls?is=P_qsyP0ux7QUqEjG), which is set to to Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor”
#LaEsoterica #SynchromyNo4 #MaryEllenBute #animation

Next we have the Mary Ellen Bute directed “Parabola” (https://youtu.be/DUwiVelk-Oc?si=J5wEmmw5W0p1r41a) the video has some good info at the start
#SilentFlickerSunday #Parabola #MaryEllenBute #SilentFilm

Please help the Center for Visual Music move their invaluable Oskar Fischinger, Jordan Belson, Mary Ellen Bute and so many other amazing holdings out of LA to a safer location ! Materials that are essential to the history of visual music, experimental film and media art.

The campaign can be found here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-cvms-collection-relocation-out-of-los-angeles

#CenterForVisualMusic #OskarFischinger #JordanBelson #MaryEllenBute #VisualMusic

Our final film is the 1940 animated collaboration between American animator and musician Mary Ellen Bute and Canadian animator Norman McLaren: “Spook Sport” (https://youtu.be/G-mf2QOtl4k?si=qaNxFDITu4pqJzkJ)
#SilentFlickerSunday #SpookSport #MaryEllenBute #NormanMcLaren #animation