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Short films by Lillian F. Schwartz (1927-2024) lillian.com

ChrisArchitect2 years ago

Related:

Lillian Schwartz, Pioneer in Computer-Generated Art, Dies at 97 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41844260

kiisupaiop2 years ago

anonu2 years ago

> becoming the first female artist in residence at Bell Labs

I never knew about her - thank you for posting. The intersection of art and computers has always fascinated me. And clearly she was a pioneer in this field.

Here's the NYT obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/technology/lillian-schwar...

rootbear2 years ago

When I was at the University of Maryland in the late 70s, Schwartz visited the Computer Vision Lab and gave a talk. Sadly, I don't remember much about the talk but I did enjoy meeting her and discussing computer art.

wiz21c2 years ago

The mother of all the demoscene !!!

inatreecrown22 years ago

what I find interesting in her short films is the "disconnect" between visual and audio. it is not perfectly synchronized, perhaps it would not have been possible to do so. but today with all out technical possibilities, to see something like this, it transmits a kind of purity and innocence.

myth_drannon2 years ago

I wonder if some of the Amiga demos were inspired by her art, they have very similar effects and hers are at least a decade earlier.

pdr942 years ago

I saw this here so many times, I guess Amiga demos were really inspired by this

imaginationra2 years ago

I feel like I had to watch these as part of my MKULTRA programming sessions.

joony5272 years ago

Very nice short films! Had fun watching them

lproven2 years ago

All of them just display an error message for me. Nothing is playable.

What am I missing here?

lproven2 years ago

Seems to be a Mozilla browser fail. Works in Chrome. :-(

yuvalr12 years ago

Works for me on FF

terminalbraid2 years ago

Works fine in Firefox for me.

bryanrasmussen2 years ago

so I guess this stuff will be out of copyright in 2094 then?

chelseak62 years ago

Short films are ^^^^

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