In light of EYE's exhibit on Anthony McCall, EYE and KLIK! bring you a sparkling selection of animation created with or inspired by light. Classic and contemporary works from both EYE and KLIK!'s archives span more than half a century of exploring animated lumination. Enjoy gorgeous Norman McLaren films on 35mm, Glen Keane's newest Google short Duet, and an in-depth introduction by EYE's Simona Monizza.

The exhibit Anthony McCall – Solid Light Films and Other Works (1971-2014), can be seen from september 28 until november 30.

[On tuesday you can enjoy the opening show of KLIK! on 19:00, just before the Light Forms program starts.

On Saturday right before or after the Light Forms program, you can enjoy Laser non Laser (see P57) for free.]

This program screened as part of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2014

Showing in this program

#3

• Joost Rekveld
• The Netherlands, 1994
• 4 min.

A film in which the images were created by recording the movements of a tiny lightsource with extremely long exposures, drawing traces on the emulsion. The light is part of a simple mechanical system that exhibits chaotic behaviour.

A Very Large Increase in the Size, Amount, or Importance of Something Over a Very Short Period of Time

• Max Hattler
• Russia / United Kingdom / Germany, 2013
• 2 min.

A very large increase in the size, amount, or importance of something over a very short period of time. Or maybe not at all.

All India Radio: Rippled

• Darcy Prendergast
• Australia, 2013
• 3 min.

The creative team at Oh Yeah Woq paired with the beautiful music of All India Radio to bring you Rippled. Painstakingly animated frame by frame, the piece is all shot in camera, by real people, in the real world, using long exposure techniques.

Blinkity Blank

• Norman McLaren
• Canada, 1955
• 5 min.

A playful exercise in intermittent animation and spasmodic imagery.

Duet

• Glen Keane
• United States, 2014
• 3 min.

The paths of Mia and Tosh weave together to create an inspired duet. This is the third in Google's series of Spotlight Stories that are designed to explore the possibilities of interactive animation on mobile devices.

Light Forms

• Malcolm Sutherland
• Canada, 2010
• 4 min.

An experiment in combining sound and image.

Lines Vertical

• Norman McLaren
• Canada, 1959
• 5 min.

Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against a background of changing colors, in response to music specially composed for the film.

London Grammar – Hey Now

• Chris Ullens
• United Kingdom, 2014
• 3 min.

An enchanting forest comes alive at night: the earth pulsates, lights play amongst the trees and mysterious characters meets.

Mood Contrasts

• Mary Ellen Bute
• United States, 1956
• 7 min.

Oscilloscope over backgrounds, including colored liquids, clouds, and grids of colored light shot through glass bricks or cut-glass plate.

Oscillate

• Daniel Serra
• United States, 2013
• 4 min.

Waveform patterns evolve from the fundamental sine wave to more complex patterns, creating a mesmerizing audio-visual experience in which sight and sound work in unison to capture the viewer's attention.

Pas de Deux

• Norman McLaren
• Canada, 1968
• 13 min.

McLaren takes a look at the choreography of ballet. By exposing the same frames as many as ten times, he creates a multiple image of the dancers.

Promo: Anthony McCall Solid Light Films

• Anthony McCall
• The Netherlands, 2014

From 28 September to 30 November EYE presents the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands by British artist Anthony McCall.

Space Modulation

• Bart Vegter
• The Netherlands, 1994

A black plane with a large number of tiny dots gradually changes from flat to spatial to capture an image which is neither flat nor spatial.