Comments on: Harry Everett Smith

Harry Everett Smith

MetaMonkey — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:42:32 -0800

Harry Everett Smith was a, "20th-century Renaissance man, working as an abstract film-maker, painter, musicologist, anthropologist, theoretician, self-mythologizer and connoisseur of arcana". His Anthology of American Folk Music was hugely influential on American music, while his alchemical, synæsthetic films were to have a similar impact on experimental film and animation. Enjoy his mesmerising and astonishing "Early Abstractions" on Youtube [part 1 or 4], hear Harry lecture, or listen to some tracks from The Anthology.

By: MetaMonkey

MetaMonkey — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:48:35 -0800

Partly via dataisnature.

By: MetaMonkey

MetaMonkey — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:52:39 -0800

Oops, here is the video (film and animation fans, don't miss it!).

By: y2karl

y2karl — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:58:34 -0800

harrysmith

By: MetaMonkey

MetaMonkey — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:01:00 -0800

Hot damn, no idea how I missed that. Well its worth it for the video alone.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:03:04 -0800

The word on the street: Google is buying y2karl for 1.6 billion.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:18:58 -0800

Next stop: Where's jonson ?

By: treepour

treepour — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:19:39 -0800

Thanks for this. Harry Smith is one of my patron saints. Thought I must admit I found it incredibly difficult to remain conscious during a screening of the restored Mahagonny

By: lisa g

lisa g — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 11:21:43 -0800

Thought I must admit I found it incredibly difficult to remain conscious during a screening of the restored Mahagonny Yeah, me too ... it's an amazing & beautiful work of art, but seeing it in a darkened theater put me into a pretty strong trance after about 10 minutes. (And it's long!) I had to keep shaking myself to keep focused on the screen (which was often split into two or four sections). It seemed like many of my fellow audience members were having similar reactions. I'd still recommend it, though, perhaps with some really strong espresso beforehand.

By: joseph_elmhurst

joseph_elmhurst — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:24:57 -0800

I have a copy of Ginsburg's photo of Harry turning milk into milk on my fridge. It never fails to improve my mood.