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Animation Night 2024

UFOs

Lillian F. Schwartz
Rectangular shapes in brilliant colours proliferate in a black void. The pioneer of computer animation uses 2D programming language to simulate strange fantastic galaxies.
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UFOs

UFOs
Lillian F. Schwartz
Animation Night 2024
Animated Film
USA
1971
3 minutes
without dialogue
Rectangular shapes in luminous colours proliferate in a black void. They resemble phosphenes, the subjective perceptions of lights that can appear when we rub our closed eyelids. Coloured round surfaces circle each other, even though they live in separate graphic worlds. Lillian Schwartz, pioneer of computer animation, uses the EXPLOR 2D programming language to simulate strange and fantastic galaxies.
André Eckardt

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Director
Lillian F. Schwartz
Score
Emmanuel Ghent