Lillian Schwartz Movies

Beginning with footage of sea birds in flight, the film image is then optically scanned and transformed by the computer. The geometric overlay on...

This film is strongly rooted in its underlying mathematical structure which forms the basis for the images. The music by Jean Claude Risset is...

This animation can be watched in 2D or using Chromadepth Glasses in 3D.

A single bird in flight is transformed, enhanced and interpreted so as to present a unique visual experience. From its original inception in a 128...

Mathematical functions are the basis for a science film on contour plots and an art film. Both are shown simultaneously at a two screen production...

Computer generated images used as counterpoint to music “Fantasia & In Nomine” by John Ward, performed by Elizabeth Cohen, Max...

“Schwartz’ METAMORPHOSIS is a complex study of evolving lines, planes, and circles, all moving at different speeds, and resulting in...

Digital Animation | 02"50

The artist uses the computer to accent and control a mime’s disciplined choreography. Studies in facial distortions with lens distortions....

An illusion of 3 dimensions is achieved by a blending of mathematics and physics to carry the spectator through a new range of audio and visual...

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A short Emmy award-winning animation promoting New York's newly renovated Museum of Modern Art.

Music by Frank Lewin. Study of the mood changes between three heads with slow moving subtle differences. Two heads are made of wood. The third head...

This animation can be watched in 2D or using Chromadepth Glasses in 3D.

A number of telephones from the very first invention by Alexander Graham Bell to the present-day cellular and voice phones are morphed in an...

This animation can be watched in 2D or using Chromadepth Glasses in 3D.

Computer generated music and visuals films directly from a color TV monitor.

Music “Quartet in F” by Maurice Ravel, performed by Max Mathews. Subtly colored images combining microphotography and computer generated...

A colorful collage, with a subtle ecology theme, made largely from footage from trial runs of programs used for many of the other films.

A ballet of squares and octagons in many forms, exhibiting a variety of geometric and sometimes sensuous interactions.