Beats, the Bauhaus, and the Birth of Abstract Film

A survey of short animated films from the 1920s, with a soundtrack composed and performed live by Chicago electric violist and DJ Dominic Johnson. Film history buffs, dance music enthusiasts, as well as practitioners of video art, VJs, Motion Graphics, or Generative Art can draw inspiration from the Bauhaus and their contemporaries. Films in order of appearance: I. Walter Ruttmann — Lichtspiel — Opus II [1922] II. Hans Richter — Rhythmus 23 [1923] III. Walter Ruttmann — Lichtspiel — Opus III [1924] IV. Viking Eggeling — Symphonie Diagonale [1924] V. Walter Ruttmann — Lichtspiel — Opus IV [1925] VI. Marcel Duchamp — Anemic Cinema [1926] VII. Hans Richter — Filmstudie [1926] VIII. Laszlo Maholy-Nagy — Lightplay: Black-White-Grey [1930]