An abstract computer-generated animation set to music by Terry Riley.

The entire film is divided into four consecutive chosen approaches—the fourth section devoted to a reiteration and extension of the original...

An experimental short film by John Whitney Sr. which combines animated shapes and colors; Computer graphics as dynamic, swirling art. Preserved by...

Two short fragments resulting from experiments in controlling the mechanical development of the instrument. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive...

Begins with a three beat announcement drawn out in time which thereafter serves as a figure to divide the four sections. Each return of this figure...

John Whitney's pioneering work of computer animation, Arabesque, from 1975. This flowing, abstract short film is a wonder to behold, a work of art....

Early 'visual music' film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.

A piece of abstract cinema by John Whitney. A series squares follow a 3-dimensional track, each one with a slight delay after the other.

Opens with a short canonical statement of a theme upon which the entire film is constructed. The canon is repeated in contrasting variations by...

Directed by John Whitney.

Collection of Computer Graphic effects.

Moon Drum offers an impressionistic evocation of the mood, color and feel of native American art created by computer graphics.

A silent black and white computer graphic short film specially made to accompany John H. Whitney's Lecture on Digital Harmony at Cranbrook, British...

Short film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.

(ca.1949, 16mm, b/w, sound, 3min.)

Short film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

First film by the Whitney brothers.

John H. Whitney Sr. explains the graphic art potential of the computer and the methods and philosophy involved in his computer filmmaking...