Harry Smith: Early Abstractions 1946-57

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  • @jeromeglick
    @jeromeglick ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Some of this is so wildly unrestrained, unstructured, and so counter to anything I've ever seen to come out of the 1940s or '50s. It feels like something new made to look old.

  • @beyondobscure
    @beyondobscure ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Abstraction #1 comprises primarily of lines, simple shapes, and indescribable objects. This one advances at a far hastier pace than any other. You could compare this to cells.
    Abstraction #2 begins at 2:32 into the video, and is run at double the framerate. The visual style here is made up mostly of circles with the occasional four squares.
    Abstraction #3 begins at 4:43 into the video, and comprises of mostly rectangles in various forms such as the pound sign (#) or mosaic-like groups of them. Groups of concentric circles appear later on, but that is about it.
    Abstraction #4 begins at 8:04, and opens up on a live-action shot of some sort of psychedelic forest. The style for most of this is in black-and-white and comprises of realistically-moving circles and groups of rectangles. Halfway through we go to red rectangles while the circle remains white.
    Abstraction #5 begins at 10:58 in and comprises primarily of concentric rings and dots for its opening, progressing into calm sequences of squares and overlaid circles, as well as rings.
    Abstraction #7 (6, 8, and 9 are lost.) begins at 13:08 and comprises of circles, sharp triangles, and sun shapes as well as concentric lines that flip between vertical and horizontal.
    Abstraction #10 (The longest of the bunch) begins at 17:34 and is the most complex of them all, featuring cutouts of skeletons, crows, dolls, and even attempts at 3D combines with those same familiar basic shapes. It is full of religious symbolism and I'd say the freakiest of the lot.

    • @RobinParmar
      @RobinParmar 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Excellent info. Thanks. The Wikipedia page also has useful details on these.

    • @k_a_i_b_a_
      @k_a_i_b_a_ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      epic

  • @janitoroflunacy
    @janitoroflunacy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    To whoever chose the music: I LOVE YOU AND I DONT EVEN KNOW YOU. I THINK WE'RE SOULMATES

    • @alexmalch
      @alexmalch 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Syd Barrett profile pic
      Nice

    • @pena.3302
      @pena.3302 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @Thee Harry Smith.Project.DVD.[An Compilation.-Which takes 1 through Harrys Works..Hal.Willner ❤]Its Philip.Glass.whom plays Amazingly along to these..4w.its.worth.😊

  • @Synthetrix
    @Synthetrix 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great to see Harry Smith’s work here. Another one of my influences.❤

  • @TheSunship777
    @TheSunship777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great musical choices !

  • @mithermage
    @mithermage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    holy shit. the music selection was so good, you nailed it man. Baphomet chilling out to Sun Ra inside a technicolor cube? yes indeed. thank you for sharing this!

    • @tomauberwenig2116
      @tomauberwenig2116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Excellent music BUT there was no merging of both. Try Brian Eno's In Dark Trees, Tony Conrad's Four Violins, Terry Riley, or my favorite : playing White Light/white Heat, the number of synchronicities is off the charts!!

    • @svp6055
      @svp6055 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tomauberwenig2116 Amazing taste, White Light/White Heat is the Velvets' pinnacle in my opinion, I could loop this and Sister Ray all day.

  • @spiritfoodstamp
    @spiritfoodstamp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Harry Smith is not included in many lists of influential stop motion/stop animation artists.
    May the kaleidoscoping patterns be discovered by many.

    • @wnodnal
      @wnodnal 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      An incredible and influential filmmaker, though he actually painted the art directly onto each individual frame for majority of these works! Some is photography and video featuring his collages, paintings, and sketches though, as you mention. Beautiful regardless, reading his biography currently where I got that info, which brought me here.

  • @ChristopherSobieniak
    @ChristopherSobieniak 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I still like the idea he once used the "Meet The Beatles" album to sync to this.

  • @davidhofmann3264
    @davidhofmann3264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is Amazing! There was even the Crowley Goat inside. Also Great Soundtrack!

    • @tomauberwenig2116
      @tomauberwenig2116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Strangely, it works perfectly with the second album of the Velvet Underground.

  • @kolezankazpracy8761
    @kolezankazpracy8761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thats how i feel sometimes with my adhd

    • @moniraa7798
      @moniraa7798 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@crispindry2815 r u crazy I am paralysed by adhd and can’t get Anything done lol

  • @leah.jainie
    @leah.jainie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    how my moods flip in less than 30 mins

  • @cjmccabe
    @cjmccabe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Outstanding. Despite the sometimes incongruous musical segues. Or maybe because of them.

  • @kimcary6497
    @kimcary6497 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Try watching at half speed

  • @groghaus1549
    @groghaus1549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing

  • @elainealibrandi6364
    @elainealibrandi6364 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The visuals express the music so well. I'd love to have seen Harry Smith's visual interpretation of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody, which was animated by Oskar Fischinger and, for me, felt too structured.

  • @3SouthBanana
    @3SouthBanana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing✨

  • @wuji69
    @wuji69 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sun ra and acid

  • @JANXDPDX
    @JANXDPDX 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    works with any music. or just silent.

  • @bigb2020
    @bigb2020 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What video editing app did Harry use?

  • @ARCoventry
    @ARCoventry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:26

  • @laurencegoldman4639
    @laurencegoldman4639 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Who added the music?

    • @PlaysWithChildren
      @PlaysWithChildren 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The uploader says in the details that it is a custom soundtrack

  • @TheTurbocanard
    @TheTurbocanard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1:22 amogus ???

  • @chej9
    @chej9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shinji. Get In The Eva

  • @beyondobscure
    @beyondobscure ปีที่แล้ว

    My dreams:

  • @7karlheinz
    @7karlheinz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What, no early Beatles soundtrack? That was the first soundtrack I heard with Smith's Early Abstractions at RISD in 1970, I'm guessing everyone in the audience was stoned (including me!). As cool as the music presented here is, I prefer to watch Smith's films silent or as Robert Breer liked to do have an audible (noisy) optical soundtrack with no sounds or music on the track.

  • @leondupasind9280
    @leondupasind9280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The world needs less Studio Ghibli sentimentality and more Harry Smith abstractions !

    • @vertoviaflaneuse
      @vertoviaflaneuse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      why not both

    • @mindhead_
      @mindhead_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Out of all the contemporary animations out there you chose Ghibli?

    • @phattadonnilphat7936
      @phattadonnilphat7936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mindhead_ what' your choices?

    • @nataliatorreskalme
      @nataliatorreskalme 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      studio ghibli staff probably seen this before at least... but call out some stupid isekai animes that it

    • @alexbarryart
      @alexbarryart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Leon dude wtf are you talking about

  • @johncole8319
    @johncole8319 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:16 That Music is the horrible music ever composed 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤢🤮🤮😞😞😞😩😩

    • @messier_8246
      @messier_8246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree with you it felt very dull, I almost fell asleep. They should've had their instruments go up another octave.

    • @PlaysWithChildren
      @PlaysWithChildren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The avant garde jazz fits the visuals perfectly with the wild blending shapes and colors, so it is very appropriate at least. It is really interesting music if you take the time to appreciate it. Don Cherry is a great artist.